MK136.jpgGas mission118 viewsHeading out on a mission using tear gas and choking agents.
MK141.jpgEOM118 viewsHeading back to Firebase Oasis; end of mission.
MK199.jpgBack to Work118 viewsBack to work in the "Loach" with the Cider FACs.
MK203.jpgThunder from above118 viewsBringing "the world" down on "Charlie".
MK217.jpgSet Up118 viewsThe "Loach" scout serving as bait with the Cobra gunship high above waiting to drop some "shit" on the dinks.
MK219.jpgCobra Attacks118 viewsThe best aerial platform for ground support.
MK220.jpgReturning118 viewsBringing home a trophy.
MK270.jpgStanding by118 viewsReady room at 3rd Brigade Infantry TOC waiting for a unit to make “contact” with NVA. Firefights were known as "contacts" throughout the Vietnam war zone.
MK125.jpgReturn117 viewsReturning to LZ Oasis
MK128.jpgNew Bird117 viewsMy new OH-3 attack helicopter...the "Loach". I had an OH-3 assigned to me for four hours a day. I flew with the "Cider FACs" on my own time when the "Loach" was not available.
MK258.jpgFirepower!117 viewsMultiple missions and targets.
MK257.jpgOn the job117 viewsJust some of my handiwork, everything form close support of troops in contact to Intel targets and targets of opportunity, and as always, registrations.
