Question about the original USAF Ravens (not the UAV)
 

Gentlemen,

My Uncle was a Raven during & after the Vietnam War. He recently passed away and I've always been curious as to what Ravens did. I asked him a few times and he would only speak vaguely of it. After using the great search button in the sky (google) and the PS.com search button I found little information on the USAF Ravens.
To make a short story long... I see many seasoned Quite Professionals on this Forum and I am asking if you had any experiences with the original Ravens who flew over Vietnam and Laos?

I have no desire to violate OPSEC.
I realize my question does not directly pertain to SF.
Thank you for your service and sacrifices and time.

I thought this was quite good: The Ravens by Christopher Robbins (Jan 1995) when I read it.

There is a 3rd Edition out now: The Ravens: The True Story of a Secret War by Christopher Robbins (Jun 1, 2012)

Wow.

Google.

Who knew?

TR

Google 'Long Tieng'... That should get you started....

To get you started try this, but as noted try google next time.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-...on/ravens.html

Good read, thanks. For a stick & rudder pilot I imagine that was livin' large.

Also something to note- The Ravens had to resign from USAF to take this assignment... More of that "Plausible Deniability" I suppose...

But they got to fly around with bears and anteaters in the cockpit! Huh, yeah umm-hmm.:D Readin' the whole article now, arentcha? (Longrange1947, post #5)

Same as Air America. Also a lot of our terps in Thailand were angling for controller duty for the extra pay, double I believe. Been a while though. :D

Thanks LR
 

Love articles about pilots. ( They were a different breed ) Way under appreciated by those who never needed them.