Raven Forward Air Controllers

Ravens with a T-28D Trojan at Long Tieng, Laos, 1970.

The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known as The Ravens, were fighter pilots (special operations capable) unit used as forward air controllers (FACs) in a clandestine and covert operation in conjunction with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Laos during America's Vietnam War. The Ravens pinpointed targets for most of the air strikes against communist Lao People's Liberation Army and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) infiltrators in support of the Laotian Hmong guerrilla army.[1]

  1. ^ General Vang Pao's Last War, New York Times Magazine, 11 May 2008