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Recommend a good book on the CIA's Air America/Continental Air Services
Posted on 8/12/17 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 8/12/17 at 10:35 pm
I'm currently reading a book about USAF FACs operating undercover in 1960s Laos titled "The Ravens". I'm only about 125 pages in, but so far it's been thorough and informative. The Raven FACs were studs and the Air America pilots had gigantic brass balls.
Can any recommend a good book specifically about Air America and Continental Air Services?
Can any recommend a good book specifically about Air America and Continental Air Services?
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Posted on 8/19/17 at 10:24 pm to White Roach
I don't know about Air America, but I would recommend these two about the war in Laos or the Ho Chi Minh trail:
Covert Ops
and
Flying Through Midnight
and for Cambondia:
Call Sign Rustic
I also had a book from an A-1 Skyraider pilot that flew in the tri-border area, but i can't remember the name of the book.
Covert Ops
and
Flying Through Midnight
and for Cambondia:
Call Sign Rustic
I also had a book from an A-1 Skyraider pilot that flew in the tri-border area, but i can't remember the name of the book.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:03 am to anchoo99
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have to check them out.
I'm currently reading Air Commando One: Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Air Wars. This guy was flying a C-47 at night up to the Yalu River to airdrop agents and monitor troop movements in 1950 and '51. He reported seeing a Chinese convoy ~35 miles long crossing into N. Korea two days before their big offensive started that pushed MacArthur back to the 38th parallel. None of his superiors believed the Chinese would actually attack.
I'm currently reading Air Commando One: Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Air Wars. This guy was flying a C-47 at night up to the Yalu River to airdrop agents and monitor troop movements in 1950 and '51. He reported seeing a Chinese convoy ~35 miles long crossing into N. Korea two days before their big offensive started that pushed MacArthur back to the 38th parallel. None of his superiors believed the Chinese would actually attack.
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