Mohawk Recon

<p> Before unmanned combat drones there was the Grumman OV-1C Mohawk a twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft loaded with state-of-the-art target detection systems. Crewed by a pilot and observer it flew at treetop level by day taking panoramic photographs. By night it scanned the landscape from 800 feet with side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) and infrared. This lively detailed memoir recounts the author's 1968-1969 tour with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam serving as a technical observer (T.O.) aboard an unarmed Mohawk searching for elusive enemy forces near the DMZ and along the Laotian and Cambodian borders dodging mountains in the dark and avoiding anti-aircraft fire.</p>