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50th Anniversary Reunion Photos Posted!

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“Lead, you are cleared in hot…hit my smoke!”

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O-2A Night Rustic Central

(a gathering place to remember extraordinary birdmen)

 

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This site is provided as a communication and information tool for a once Top Secret, very small and special group of U.S.A.F. Viet Nam Veterans.  While serving in Viet Nam, these young men also flew hundreds of missions in support of the Cambodian Army during that war and were

highly decorated for their combat skills and bravery.

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These Rustic pilots flew mostly under the cover of darkness, in combat, over Cambodia.

Their mission was Forward Air Control, providing air support to ground troops.

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