Buon Enao Complex
October 1962
The downing of two Air Commandos aircraft on 15 & 16 Oct 1962 left three dead and one who survived. The story is being keep alive by Art Fields for Special Forces history. It was very well known in Air Commando circles but little written about it. This story was put together by Jim Meade, an American living in Australia, resulting from a series of e-mails between the principal players to relive those days and to correct the historical inaccuracies which have crept into it over the years. Anyone who has data, pictures, orders etc on this incident please send them to aircommando1@earthlink.net for incorporation into USAF Air Commando and USA Special Forces history.
As related by:
Art Fields, Master Sergeant USA, Special Forces Team Leader
Bill Chambers, Captain USAF, Air Commando Pilot
Charlie Jones, Staff Sergeant USAF, Air Commando CCT/FAC
The Air Commando Association
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