Hit My Smoke: Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia Review

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(More customer reviews)Jan has done an outstanding job telling the slow and fast FAC stories from SEA. I am proud to recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about forward air controller operations durng the Vietnam War.

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The Forward Air Controller came into his own during the 1960s and 1970s air war inSoutheast Asia. In Vietnam, FACs were an indispensable part of the air war -- the link between forces on theground and strike aircraft, "the hub around which the delivery of all in-country ordnance is dependent."Because of the terrain, the Forward Air Controller was a necessity. Author Jan Churchill states . . . the cost to the U.S. was devastating, not only because of the thousands ofAmericans killed or wounded, but also because of the money spent, and the divisiveness amongst theAmerican public on the home front. For the U.S. Air Force alone, 2,118 personnel were killed, 3,460 werewounded, and 2,257 aircraft were destroyed. . . . And 338 USAF Forward Air Controllers were lost in battlein the skies over Southeast Asia.

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