The Air Force in Southeast Asia: US FAC Operations in Southeast Asia 1961-1965 - Softcover

Rowley, Ralph A.; Ginsburgh, Robert N.; U.S. Office Of Air Force History

 
9781780399980: The Air Force in Southeast Asia: US FAC Operations in Southeast Asia 1961-1965
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1780399987 ISBN 13: 9781780399980
Publisher: Books Express Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Recently declassified study written in January 1972. Describes the many problems which faced the first air controllers after their arrival in South Vietnam in early 1962. He discusses their efforts to overcome the language barrier and help train Vietnamese Air Force personnel, their role in establishing a centralized air control system, and the tactics and techniques they developed during the years prior to President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision in 1965 to dispatch large U. S. ground forces to Southeast Asia to help thwart the attempted conquest of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese.

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Publisher
Books Express Publishing
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1780399987
ISBN 13 
9781780399980
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
148