The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
O35023 Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) Peter Geoffrey Larard, who commanded the United States Air Force (USAF) Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS) supporting 1st Australia Task Force (1ATF) during late 1969, leaves his 0-2 Super Skymaster aircraft on the tarmac at Vung Tau after a surveillance operation. Though not ideal for the Forward Air Controller (FAC) role, these aircraft proved adequate for the relatively quiet operational environment in the Phuoc Tuy Province.
A camouflaged Cessna 0-2 Skymaster liaison and observation aircraft, tail number 3450, which flew forward air control (FAC) missions with the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS), United States A
A Cessna O1 Bird Dog observation aircraft, tail number 0-14589, which flew forward air control (FAC) missions with the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS), United States Air Force (USAF), from t
Soon to finish his tour as a Forward Air Controller (FAC), O221393 Flying Officer (FO) Richard Neil Kelloway (right) shows three new RAAF arrivals the features of the Cessna O-1 'Bird Dog' aircraft, w
021511 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) (later Air Vice Marshal) Graham Wallace Neil, RAAF, waves to his ground crew as he prepares to depart on another forward air control (FAC) mission in a United States A
A North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco light attack and observation aircraft, tail number 3822, which flew forward air control (FAC) missions with the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS), Unite
A Cessna O-1 'bird dog' forward air controller (FAC) aircraft (US Air Force) taxiing out of the revetments for an operational mission. The muddy 'tarmac' has been covered with sand.
