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US Air Operations in Laos    by peter dancey
Price: $2.99 USD. 4010 words. Published on May 26, 2011. .

During the early stages of the Vietnam War air operations in Laos were a mere rumor but it was not long before pilots in Vietnam and Thailand were becoming aware there was 'another theater', one where there was no higher echelon no rank and few rules. They heard about US pilots flying Cessna O-1 and North American T-28 Trojan out of many places of previously unheard of names on daring missions.
Flying's Easy    by Thomas Harrington
Price: $2.99 USD. 139290 words. Published on December 16, 2011. .

In the turmoil of Southeast Asia, aviator John Hale discovers that facing an armed enemy is easier than making choices about morality, money, friendship, and love. In the air, he foolishly feels invincible. Life on the ground turns out to be less simple, because he must evade foes and deceive friends. Flying is easy, whereas lying is even easier...and that’s what makes his life difficult.
Change In Direction    by Kit Brading
Price: $4.99 USD. 181270 words. Published on March 21, 2012. .

Change In Direction delves into the world of hi-tech military electronics where a man on the ground can access the onboard navigational flight director systems of airborne passenger jet airliners, and fly them unfettered via satellite, how and where he will. It's hard to imagine a more formidable and totally indefensible weapon, should such technology find it's way into the wrong hands.
Operation Millpond: U.S. Marines in Thailand, 1961 - Air America Covert Operations, Udorn Airfield, Pathet Lao, President John F. Kennedy, MABS-16    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 58720 words. Published on December 20, 2012. .

This operation highlights the role that the small country of Laos played in the foreign policy calculations of the newly elected U.S. president, John F. Kennedy.