Maybe TAT wasn't so far out after all...

Doing a little desultory research, and I found this on Point Mugu Naval Air Station (the one the team supposedly stole a plane from in 1977):

http://www.specialoperations.com/Navy/Red_Cell/Page_Two.htm

About a third of the way down...

Granted, it was a Navy Seal team, but... LOL

History plays a hand...

Well, running merrily along with the next chapter, having finally "found the groove" again - decided to do a quick check of RL time line versus mine and.....

I have the guys trying to cross into Quang Tri Province on February 10, 1971. On February 8, 1971, Phase II of Operation Lam Son 719 began - one of the most ambitious attempts to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos - and one of the biggest disasters.

Well, at least it makes it interesting...