TACTICAL AIRLIFT - THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA by Bowers, Ray L

Office of Air Force History,, GPO, Washington, 1983, first edition, VG condition ( very slight corner bump), 7 x 10, xxv, 899 pages, many illustrations & maps.------------------From the Foreword: Throughout the War in Southeast Asia, American and Vietnamese forces relied heavily on tactical airlift to satisfy the logistical demands of the conflict. Few tactical airlift missions in Vietnam could be called routine; weather, terrain, enemy action, and the usual snafus saw to that. Tactical airlift forces lost 122 aircraft and 229 crew members in Vietnam, many while attempting to deliver critical cargo to friendly units surrounded or besieged by enemy forces. Some crew members earned prestigious decorations, including the Medal of Honor, for their performance in the face of enemy fire; others died lonely deaths from causes that will probably go forever unrecorded. But as this book consistently documents, the cargo virtually always go through when it was within the realm of possibility