Naked in Da Nang A Forward Air Controller in Vietnam

by Jackson, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780760339169
• ISBN10: 0760339163
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-02
• Publisher: Zenith Press

Summary

Searching for an elusive enemy, forward air controllers (FACs) in Vietnam flew low and slow, often offering themselves as bait to draw fire from NVA troops. In addition to the perils of enemy fire-which ranged from lucky AK-47 shots to .51-caliber machine guns and SA-7 shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles-they also had to watch out for B-52 Arc-Light strikes and friendly artillery fire. FACs were regarded by many of their aviator brethren as insane suicidal, or both.

Author Biography

Mike Jackson retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1991 following 23 years on active duty. Formerly, he was executive director of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He and coauthor Tara Dixon-Engel are founders of the American Veterans Institute. Colonel Jackson and Ms. Dixon-Engel live near Dayton.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Preface-A Charmed Life	p. 9
The FACs of Life	p. 13
Troops in Contact	p. 20
A Cocoon Called Tipp	p. 41
An Officer and a Gentleman?	p. 53
The Year of Fifty-three Weeks	p. 66
I Will Survive	p. 84
Flying Blind	p. 6
Bamboozled	p. 111
Life with Charlie	p. 121
The Rockets' Red Glare	p. 143
Rats!	p. 161
Naked in Da Nang	p. 171
Heaven and Hell	p. 219
Spring Forward, Fall Back	p. 246
Epilogue: "We Never Got Our Parade"	p. 277
Co-Author's Note	p. 281
Afterword	p. 284
Acknowledgments	p. 290
Glossary	p. 292
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