Fred Czerner was born February 3, 1944 in Tampa, Florida, and grew up in Dade City. After graduating with distinction from the University of Florida’s Air Force ROTC program, he went to pilot training at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas. Czerner first deployed to Southeast Asia with the 433d Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) (Satan’s Angels) to Ubon Rachitani Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB), Thailand, 1968-1969, where he flew more than 200 combat sorties as a back-seater in an F-4 Phantom over Laos and “counters” (sorties that actually counted toward the 100 required) over North Vietnam. He returned for a second tour with the 421st TFS, 1970-1971, where he flew "Stormy" Fast FAC missions out of Da Nang, South Vietnam. He returned to Thailand for his final combat tour with the 307th TFS, based at Udorn RTEFB. Czerner describes some of his combat missions, including night escort for Spectre AC-130 gunships, finding and arranging the destruction of a SAM site, and watching an AA-2 "Atoll" missile (fired from a MiG) cross over his canopy. He remembers Gunfighter alerts, unfinned napalm, breaking rules, and flying Fast FACs. He recalls his experiences as a disc jockey, including running a radio show in Thailand. He discusses kicking grass kraits, eating Louisiana rice while living in the middle of the rice bucket in Thailand, and joining the Aussies for a dance in Penang, Malaysia, not knowing formal attire was expected. And he offers insights on politics, hippies, daisies, and war.