Covert Ops: The CIA's Secret War In Laos Review

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(More customer reviews)I served as Chief of Security for Air America in Thailand and Vietnam from 1967-1975. I enjoyed "Mule's" book very much. For those who shared Jim Parker's experiences you will relive old memories. For those who could not be there you will find the details fascinating. I would encourage you to read this one.

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Uncommon war. Uncommon bonds.In 1972, U.S. soldiers battle the North Vietnamese. Behind the headlines, a secret war rages in Laos. Sky, a close knit cadre of daredevil CIA agents, spearheads a daring operation. These gutsy secret agents direct a fearless force of Thai mercenaries and native Hmong tribespeople-- fighting the enemy toe-to-toe.Now Sky veteran James Parker-- codename "Mule"-- reveals the untold story of the covert war in Laos. Parker takes you inside the often mind-boggling world of extraordinary men living and dying on the edge. Covert Ops captures the brutal training and ferocious land and air battles of Air Force Ravens, Air America, and young Hmong pilots. Above all, this first-person account shows the remarkable bonds formed between American soldiers and a courageous people-- who valiantly fought their fierce enemies to the very end.

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Here There Are Tigers: The Secret Air War in Laos, 1968-69 (Stackpole Military History Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)This pilot author has the eye of the tiger, as they say. This book gives a "right hand seat" view of the war that the forward air controllers in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand operations. I would like to recommend this book "Here There are Tigers" The secret air war in Laos, by Reginald Hathorn is an outstanding read. Mr. Hathorn has given us the true taste of what it was like in that Secret war during 1968 and 69. This is the real "McCoy" and the battles were real, the personalities of the characters are real and the stories bring the smell of burnt oil, hot vinyl and sweaty flight suits to the reader in every page.
The FAC pilots had nerves of steel and many others owe our lives to these wonderful men who flew the unfriendly skies of southeast Asia. Thanks Major Hathorn.
The FACs truly were guardian Angels to "zoomie" aviators and the Grunts on the ground. Good Read. No, Great read!! As a author myself I recommend this book with every fiber of my being...

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At the height of the Vietnam War, in 1968 and 1969, Reginald Hathorn flew 229 combat missions as a forward air controller for the U.S. Air Force. He inserted Special Forces teams into North Vietnam and Laos, completed missions for the CIA, and flew missions with the Lao Army. Most of the time, he flew into Laos and called in airstrikes against targets inside that country in a war which did not officially exist, about which the world knew nothing, and which the U.S. government denied.

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Air Commando: Inside The Air Force Special Operations Command Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this book in order to learn more about the Air Force's Combat Control Teams and was seriously disappointed. Despite the picture on the front cover, this book contained VERY little information on CCTs or PJs.
If you are interested in the Air Force's ground combat troops a much better choice would be "US Air Force Special Ops" by Fred Pushies or "From a Dark Sky" by Orr Kelly.
Also, this exact same book is apparently printed in a Hardback edition under a different name, "Any Time, Any Place". Watch out and don't get fooled into buying the same book twice.

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Fly anything. Go anywhere. Make the enemy pay.They fly whatever the brass gives them. They land wherever the brass wants them. They have no fear. Slow and low into the teeth of enemy fire, quick and quiet into enemy-held territory, whatever it takes to get the job done, the USAF Air Commandos are the bravest flying men in the world.From the glider pilots who landed deep behind Japanese lines, to the gunship crews who hunted over the dark jungle of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, to Desert Storm's Special Operations choppers...all the daring rescues and last-minute landings are here, straight from the Air Commandos' own stories.Documented with 8 pages of photographs!

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