Here There Are Tigers: The Secret Air War in Laos, 1968-69In the cockpit perspective on aerial warfare during the Vietnam WarMany never before heard stories some of them tragic, others humorousAt the height of the Vietnam War, in 1968 and 1969, Reginald Hathorn (call sign NAIL 31) flew 229 combat missions as a forward air controller for the U. S. Air Force. He inserted Special Forces teams into North Vietnam and Laos, completed missions for the CIA, and flew missions with the Lao Army. Most of the time, he