Military-Vietnam. Viper-7 became the Forward Air Controller call-sign of the author when he was transformed from a USAF transport pilot into a lean-mean-green fighting machine with only four weeks of training. He was then assigned to support the U.S. Army Special Forces fighting in Vietnam in 1966. His story covers the gamut of human emotions from apprehension and fear to confidence and elation. The author takes you with him into the jungle and on incredible air strike missions. This is not a chest-thumping book, but an attempt to tell the story like it really was. An adventure story with both tragedy and humor.