Table of Contents
Table of Contents
which convey the flying, the mission, the derring-do, and the nineteen nonflying hours in a noncombat zone day—all in language the uninitiated can understand
Foreword (Major General Joseph K. Stapleton, U.S. Air Force, retired)
Three Introductions (Lieutenant Colonel Chuck Hotchkiss, U.S. Air Force, retired; Tracy Truitt; and Joe Hardage)
1. To the Reader
2 . PUG
Running, hiding, rescuing, after ejection over Laos
3. Pussy Power
Is not what you’re thinking
4. Ten Baht Ally
Is
5. Kiwi
If you can’t fly formation, we’ll shit in your hat
6. The Homedrome
Eighteen foot cobra triumphs over sentry; Thais pay for Boardwalk, control railroads, sell Community Chests for profit every night
7. Chuck
Cowards live a thousand deaths; the brave die
8. The Longest
Twelve minutes of SAMs, AAA, and Lieutenant Ching
9. R.F. Casey
Saving a comrade you don’t like
10. Tailhook
Air Force heroes made by Navy pull (well, really, push)
11. How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to
Life after SAM; death in the Hanoi Hilton
12. Greenbean
The littlest angel leaves for Southeast Asia
13. BUF(F)
Why die in Ohio for an airplane that can’t hit anything in Southeast Asia
14. The Chinese Road
Expressed desire to die—denied; expressed desire to live—denied
15. Knout
Out of gas with full tanks
16. Colonel Wing Commander
When you’re the boss, the gomers don’t shoot at you
17. Barrack Room Ballads
What did you do in the War, Daddy? answered: Victory rolls; supersonic glass breaking; naked strippers in the dining room
Names, Acronyms and Terms
