Air Commando! 1950-1975: Twenty-five Years at the Tip of the Spear

By Michael E. Haas, Colonel, USAF and Dale K. Robinson, Technical Sergeant, USAF
US Air Force Special Operations, 1994

Our readers may receive a copy of this book, free, by calling the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), in Florida. Dial 1-(904)-884-6222 and ask for Col. Brian Maher, Commandant, USAF Special Operations School. If he is not available, ask f or his secretary.

This well-written publication discloses a number of clandestine operations conducted by various unconventional warfare units of the US Air Force from 1950 to 1975 - including the Korean War, America's secret operations in Tibet, Iran, Cuba and Southeas t Asia

Col. Haas reveals that Rhee Syngman's Austrian wife personally picked candidates for female agents to be dropped behinds the enemy lines for espionage. These women would walk back home crossing battlefields. Pretty young women, sub-teen boys ("Blue Boy s"), mothers with a baby and old men were more likely to have safe passage than military-age men, and so these folks made up the majority of the 'line-crossers'. .

Col. Haas clarifies the confusing (intentionally in some cases and unintentionally in most cases) command structures of competing intelligence and guerrilla operations in Korea. It seems that every branch of the military, every unit's G2, every nation participating in the War had some sort of 'spy' ops in Korea.

This publication was for internal usage but Col. Haas, now retired, is about to publish a more complete book on the subject for the general audience,

Col. Haas' new book is titled: APOLLO's WARRIORS: United States Air Force Special Operations during the Cold War. It is 350 pages with many photos. It will be published by the Air University Press in a few month. You are encouraged to order this book.

Related books:

  1. Darkmoon - Ed Evanhoe
  2. White Tigers - My Secret War in North Korea, Col. Ben S. Malcom
  3. How Many Times Can I Die? - The life history of a Special Intelligence Agent, US Air Force, and his contributions to the Korean War, by Col. Donald Nichols
  4. Eyewitness: A North Korean Remembers
  5. Shadow Warriors : The Covert War in Korea by William B. Breuer (Published by John Wiley & Sons, May 1, 1996, ISBN: 047114438X)