Callsign: Spectre
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Noecker, Jeff, PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, "Callsign: Spectre" is ong>theong> true story of a young man from a small town ong>inong> Pennsylvania who grows up and enlists ong>inong> ong>theong> United States ong>Airong> ong>Forceong> at nong>inong>eteen. Nearly forty years after ong>theong> fact, Jeff Noecker recounts his combat flight experiences from ong>theong> Vietnam ong>Warong> flyong>inong>g ong>inong> an AC-130 Spectre gunship. ong>Theong> story follows him from his ong>inong>itial ong>airong> ong>forceong> traong>inong>ong>inong>g to beong>inong>g accepted ong>inong>to an unong>usong>ual Special Operations unit. What sets this story apart from ong>theong> oong>theong>rs that have been written about Vietnam is ong>theong> Spectre gunship that Noecker flew ong>inong> on his missions. While ong>theong> ong>USong> ong>Airong> ong>Forceong> was flyong>inong>g hundreds of F-4s, F-105s, B-52s, OV-10s, O-2s, A-7s ong>inong> Vietnam and Souong>theong>ast Asia, ong>theong>re were only fourteen AC-130A Spectre gunships ong>inong> ong>theong>ater and only one squadron that flew ong>theong>m-Noecker's squadron. ong>Theong>re were even fewer than fourteen when ong>theong> program began ong>inong> ; ong>theong> first few flew out of a base ong>inong> Vietnam. ong>Theong> stories contaong>inong>ed here resemble a diary, presentong>inong>g both personal anecdotes of Noecker's and of stories he heard over ong>theong> course of his time ong>inong> service. Some of ong>theong>se may seem a bit farfetched, but Noecker sticks to ong>theong> facts as much as possible. Unbelievable as some of ong>theong> stories sound, his tales of his time ong>inong> ong>theong> ong>airong> are unmistakably true.