Across the Mekong The True Story of an Air America Helicopter Pilot

C2b: Hildesigns Press. Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Hildesigns Press, Charlottesville, VA. 1996. 224 pgs. Signed an inscribed to liasion officer Col Martin Kaufman on the FFEP. First Edition/FIrst Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Across the Mekong is a vivid account of the author's two and a half years as a helicopter pilot for Air America. Through lifelike word pictures in the book you will be in the cockpit of the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter, flying over the war-torn country of Laos. You will experience flight above rugged mountains, through rain-drenched tropical storms, and in areas of extreme danger due to the raging civil war. A must-read for anyone interested in the CIA's secret war involving Air America in Indo-china. While with the Air Force, Colonel Kaufman worked on contracting and systems acquisition with the Air Force Logistics Command, the Air Force Systems Command, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He was responsible for managing Air Force contracts executed by Air America. He has 5 1/2 years of assignments involving Southeast Asia Special Projects and 7 years on the Air Force Space Program. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .