OH-6 Aeroscouts in Vietnam
- Combat Chronicles
(Soft Cover)
Product Code SS36003

by Wayne Mutza.

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, U.S. Army planners sought
to increase the Army’s helicopter force. The Army developed new
tactical doctrine using helicopters - the airmobile concept -
which was based largely on air cavalry units. Such units were
descendants of the US Cavalry, which had operated as light,
horse-mounted infantry. Air cavalry troopers were, in essence,
horse soldiers, and helicopters were their steed. True to their
proud and colorful heritage, the Air Cavalry not only employed
tactics used by their forefathers of the Indian wars, they
embraced their culture as they deployed in the grueling conflict
in Indochina. Packed with more than 30 action packed, often hair
raising first-hand accounts of helicopter scout combat in
Vietnam, this latest addition takes you into the thick of the
action. Besides being exciting reading, these personal
recollections by dozens of the fighters themselves provide
invaluable, primary source historical coverage of one of
America's epic conflicts as experienced by frontline helicopter
scouts. Illustrated with over 160 photographs; 136 pages. ISBN
978-0-89747-674-4