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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

My Dad's Vietnam service...what is a FAC?

I thought I'd post some information about what my dad did while a pilot in Vietnam. It was 1967-68 when he served and since I was only 6 I had no idea what he was doing. It was during a high school project that I found out what it meant to be a FAC in Vietnam.
His call sign was Sidewinder and he was stationed at a small base in Bien Hoa which is about 20 miles from Saigon. Here's a couple links that have a history, information, photo's and news about the FAC's and the 19th TASS.
http://www.squawk-flash.org/19th_tass/19th_tass.htm

http://www.fac-assoc.org/19%20TASS/19thTASS.htm

http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryBirddog13.html
Posted by Bill Hester at 10:51 PM

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