Apollo's Warriors

by Haas, Michael E.

• ISBN13: 9781410200099
• ISBN10: 1410200094
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of the Pacific

Table of Contents

Disclaimer	ii
Foreword	vii
About the Author	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Prelude: Before the Beginning	1	(9)
Special Operations in Europe	3	(3)
The Air Commandos	6	(4)
Korea
The Return to War	10	(4)
Notes	13	(1)
The Shadow War	14	(16)
The War: Center Stage	16	(1)
The War behind the Curtain	16	(6)
Aviary and Unit 4 in Action	22	(7)
Notes	29	(1)
Special Air Missions	30	(10)
Notes	39	(1)
Firefly, Leaflet, and Pickup Operations	40	(12)
Notes	51	(1)
Nichols's ``One-Man War''	52	(14)
Notes	65	(1)
Special Operations by Usaf ``Sailors''	66	(10)
Notes	75	(1)
Usaf's Secret Psywar Weapon	76	(18)
Organizations and Missions	79	(3)
Tales of the 581st	82	(11)
Notes	93	(1)
Covert War
The Air Resupply and Communications Service	94	(16)
A Chilling Fear	96	(2)
An ``Agency outside DOD'' Makes a Request	98	(2)
Going Too Fast	100	(4)
Psywarriors from Georgetown University to Fort Benning	104	(1)
The Air Resupply and Communications Service Balloon Program	105	(2)
Operation Think	107	(2)
Notes	109	(1)
The ``Cold Arcs'' and the Iron Curtain	110	(18)
Blue Suits, Green Berets, Hidden Faces	113	(6)
The SA-16s' ``Silent Success''	119	(3)
From H&B to AMA	122	(2)
The Last of the Breed	124	(3)
Notes	127	(1)
The Guard Gets the Nod	128	(8)
``Bandits'' on the Roof of the World	136	(10)
Notes	145	(1)
``They Had No Air Support''	146	(16)
Operation Pluto	148	(11)
Aftermath	159	(2)
Notes	161	(1)
The Second Indochina War
Laos 1961: The Key Domino	162	(12)
A Blue Major in the Black World	167	(3)
No Faces, No Serial Numbers	170	(2)
A Primer in ``Cold War 101''	172	(1)
Notes	173	(1)
Laos 1964: The Bruised Domino	174	(16)
A Wilderness of Mirrors	179	(1)
Teaching the ``ABCs'' of the Secret War	180	(9)
Notes	189	(1)
Laos 1966: The Bloody Domino	190	(20)
Snake Country	193	(2)
Tigers and Eagles Go Snake Hunting	195	(3)
The Nimrods	198	(3)
Zorro!	201	(2)
The Skyraiders	203	(6)
Notes	209	(1)
Laos: Inside the Domino	210	(8)
Notes	217	(1)
At the Tip of the Spear	218	(20)
Notes	237	(1)
Fighting with the Heart	238	(8)
Notes	245	(1)
The Ranch Hand Project	246	(10)
Notes	255	(1)
The Dragonship	256	(10)
Aftermath	263	(2)
Notes	265	(1)
The Shadow	266	(8)
Notes	273	(1)
The Predator	274	(10)
Notes	283	(1)
The ``Other'' War	284	(6)
Notes	289	(1)
The 75th Air Studies Group	290	(26)
Duck Hook, Combat Spear, and OPLAN 34A	294	(5)
The ``Bringers of Death''	299	(6)
Green Hornets and Knives	305	(8)
A Bitter Postscript to the War	313	(1)
Notes	314	(2)
Barbara's Secret	316	(18)
The Players	318	(2)
From Duke to Takhli	320	(3)
Execute!	323	(5)
The Scapegoats	328	(2)
Son Tay With 20-20 Hindsight	330	(2)
Notes	332	(2)
Air Commandos Above and Beyond the Call	334	(13)
Maj Bernard F. Fisher, 1st Air Commando Squadron	336	(3)
Lt Col Joe M. Jackson, 311th Air Commando Squadron	339	(2)
Lt Col William A. Jones III, 602d Special Operations Squadron	341	(2)
1st Lt James P. Fleming, 20th Special Operations Squadron	343	(2)
Airman 1st Class John L. Levitow, 3d Air Commando Squadron	345	(1)
Notes	346	(1)
Valor	347	(2)
Reflections	349	(2)
Bibliography	351	(6)
Index	357