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an American C-130 pilot's memoir of combat airlift operations in Southeast Asia, 1967-1968
American C-130 pilot's memoir of combat airlift operations in Southeast Asia, 1967-1968
viii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
"From February 1967 to April 1968, David Vaughan flew the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Southeast Asia. Initially a co-pilot, he moved up to aircraft commander and then instructor pilot as he mastered the challenges of landing on very short, unimproved airstrips in difficult terrain and bad weather. He describes his progression from inexperienced novice to veteran flyer as he learned his trade under combat conditions. Vaughan's airlift missions took him to more than 50 fields in South Vietnam, from the Delta in the south to the DMZ in the north, carrying supplies, mail, food, ammunition, and soldiers alive, wounded, and dead. Among his most harrowing flights were resupply missions into the U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh during the most intensive days of the 1968 Tet offensive. This expanded and revised edition includes several new episodes, supplemented by more than 40 illustrations, twice as many as appeared in the original edition."--
New Guy -- The View from the Air -- Check Out -- On the Shuttle -- Rubber Plantations and Banana Runs -- Da Nang ABCCC -- Piece of Cake -- The Golf Course -- Blackout Flight to Khe Sanh -- Orbit City -- Phan Thiet in Blue -- Long Night over the South China Sea -- Dancing in the Alligator House -- Ground Pounder -- Gear and Flaps Man -- Taipei R&R -- Christmas at Khe Sanh -- Bao Loc in the Fog -- Tet -- Rising Dust at Dak To -- Blind Descent to Kham Duc -- Low Visibility at Quang Tri -- Bangkok Shuttle -- Old Head.