A Duck Looking for HuntersA Duck Looking for Hunters is Capt Dale Amends first person true experience story as a Bird Dog FAC in Vietnam in 1965 66. The Forward Air Controller (FAC) flew alone in an unarmed airplane about as heavy as a Toyota Corolla and traveled about as fast, 75 knots. The FAC directed all air strikes in South Vietnam. He frequently operated just over the treetops. The losses of airplanes and pilots were large. Bird Dog FACs had a high profile job, full of