USNews.com: Nation & World: The Misty Pilots: "The Misty Pilots
By Rick Newman and Don Shepperd
Nearly 40 years ago, the Air Force headquarters in Saigon formed a top-secret unit called Commando Sabre—radio call sign 'Misty'—that flew risky, often terrifying missions over North Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail in two-man F-100 jet fighters, scouring the terrain for targets. The Misty pilots had no laser targeting pods or smart bombs or night vision goggles, yet they developed many of the tactics the Air Force still uses today over Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hot spots. For their contribution to aerial warfare, the Mistys paid a price—of 157 pilots who served in the unit, 34 were shot down, some twice. Many were saved in spectacular rescues. Four were captured and imprisoned in Hanoi. Seven were lost and listed as missing, then ultimately declared kia: killed in action. This is the story of one."
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