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F A C
Don't worry about it, F.A.C. stands for Forward Air Controller.
Those guys flew very small observation fixed wing aircraft (like very small Cessna's and others) over every hostile part of Nam.
The called in air support, artillery and guided people from one location to another sometimes when the heat (so to speak) was on and soldiers had to evacuate the AO and try to get to safety.
The only thing those guys had for protection was very thin aluminum skin of the aircraft and maybe the seat cushins that they sat on.
The FAC's always flew even when they probably shouldn't have, and they were always there when needed. Sometimes the only link the grunts on the ground had to staying alive was the FAC's.
There was a movie made, based on a true story, called "BAT21" about a FAC and his efforts to help a electronic intellagence Officer that was shot down.
Alot of soldiers and airmen stay'd alive because of these guys.
From a latter generation of Soldier, Thanks to all of the FAC's.
Bulletpusher
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