Book description
The true stories of about 500 of my single-pilot combat flights, almost all of them in Laos and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. I spent 22-1/2 months flying in the CIA's setup Mohawk unit with the armed OV-1 Mohawks - until my timing and luck all ran out at…
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A friend who flew with Naekel lent me this book. It reads like a diary. The author is not a stylist, but the story of the Laos-based air war against North Vietnam was news to me.
The Mohawks of the title were the two-engine turboprop Grumman OV-1 Mohawk that provided both observation (radar pod) and strike (missiles) capacities. Naekel describes the experience of the ARMY pilots of these aircraft, who deserve a place in history.
To my knowledge, this was the last fixed-wing aircraft the Army developed with attack capabilities. Since then, the USAF has jealously guarded its monopoly of…
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