The Air Force in Southeast Asia: US FAC Operations in Southeast Asia 1961-1965 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781780399980)

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.

Author: Ralph A. Rowley, Robert N. Ginsburgh, U. S. Office of Air Force History
ISBN-10: 1780399987
ISBN-13: 9781780399980
Publisher: Military Bookshop
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2011
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.32d