Jan Churchill succeeds in this “attempt to tell the reader what it was like” to be a forward air controller (FAC). Admittedly not a rigorous history, ...
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by D President Dwight

Concerning the issue of the role of the FAC in the CAS mission, ... Both Madelin and Saye question the utility of the FAC based on observations which ...
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by MMO Beck - 1980 - All 2 versions

Before sufficient forward air controllers (FAC) were introduced to cover all of South Vietnam , missions were flown as they are over North Vietnam . ...
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by MJP O’Gorman - 1967 - All 2 versions

This will allow UAVs to perform three major areas of the FAC mission- air interdiction, close air support, and combat search and rescue- as well as perform ...
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by A DISTRIBUTION - 2002 - Related articles - All 2 versions

Classically, this function has been shared by ground-based forward observers ( FOs) and forward air controllers (FACs) and by airborne FACs. ...
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by JW Ellis Jr - 1979 - Related articles - All 2 versions

A conversation between two forward air controllers (FAC'S) recently returned from ... First FAC: Joe, which bird did you find best for close air support? ...
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by MWA Gorton - 1970

In any case they could not locate this kind of target unaided, so they stand off to get a briefing from a forward air controller (FAC). If the FAC is back ...
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Dec 1, 2008 ... As FAC(A)s, F-15E crews can leverage their two-man crew, ... Qualifying Army AH- 64 pilots as FAC(A)s in the same way as Marine Corps AH-1W ...
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14 In the future, forward observers or FACs on the ground (or in the air, ... Often, however, this "fast FAC" may be the only carrier of the target ...
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by SJ Deitchman - 1977 - Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 2 versions

Each pilot selected for duty as a Raven FAC in Laos had to have at least six ... Pratt, a former Raven FAC, has captured the spirit of the men who flew ...
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