The Forward Air Controller (FAC), flying low and slow, was a key player in virtually every battle of the Vietnam War. This true story of the Prairie Fire FACs describes the impossible rescues and harrowing day-long missions these courageous fliers experienced as they took the war into the enemy's backyard. Photographs. HC: St. Martin's. (War History)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent recount of OV-10 Forward Air Controller in Vietnam,
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This review is from: Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat over Vietnam (Paperback)
Excellent first hand story of flying the OV-10 as a Forward Air Controller in Vietnam. Especially exciting because of the nature of the mission: supporting the infil and exfil of long range patrols. This story has only recently been declassified and is now told in a vivid and thrilling first hand account by one of the most decorated Forward Air Controllers from the Vietnam war. If you like flying and fighting you'll love this story.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Outstanding, very readable and fast paced- as good as Clancy,
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This review is from: Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat over Vietnam (Hardcover)
Anyone who is an armchair flyboy or military aviation buff will find this book to be one of the best. Col. Yarborough's writing style keeps you on the edge of your chair as you follow his incredible hair raising missions in Veitnam and Laos. Best on all this is not fiction but the real item.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The most hair rising combat flight missions I've ever read.,
By christof.novotny@aon.at (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat over Vietnam (Paperback)
I read a lot of Vietnam pilot's memoires but these are definitely the best. Here I found absolutly the most hair rising combat sorties in treetop level under enemy fire written with such speed, that I could not stop reading. I don't know Tom Yarborough personally, but I really started to like that guy when reading his book. If I should ever be in such a stressy enviroment like Nam, having a guy like him as squadron mate should make things a lot more bearable.
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