It is 1966, the war is escalating, and a young Air Force Academy graduate's assignment is to patrol unfriendly territory with six-man hunter-killer teams. As a Forward Air Controller, flying single engine spotter planes, Flanagan is the link between fighter-bomber pilots and ground forces. This autobiographical account recreates the period when Flanagan, assigned to Project Delta, was plunged into major operations in key combat areas. Spectacular airstrikes, team rescues, lost men, thwarted attempts to save comrades--all are recounted here with raw honesty.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ch. 1: Setting the Values; Ch. 2: Prelude to Combat: Creating a Warrior; Ch. 3: Orientation and Transition to Combat; Ch. 4: Defending Highway 1: Phu Cat with the Koreans; Ch. 5: Clearing the Valley: Koreans Launch Tiger V; Ch. 6: FACing with the Screaming Eagles at Tuy Hoa; Ch. 7: Project Delta and Chu Lai: Flying the F-4; Ch. 8: The Central Highlands: Battling Monsoons and VC; Ch. 9: Project Delta in III Corps: Song Be and Tay Ninh; Ch. 10: Search for F-4 Pilot: Return to War Zone C; Ch. 11: Battle at Khe Sanh: FAC Shot Down; Ch. 12: Khe Sanh Again; Ch. 13: Winding Down: Re-entry into the World; Ch. 14: The Conflict Continues, the Values Endure; Epilogue