Task Force Alpha Operation Commando Bolt

Sparky FAC was the nickname for the Commando Bolt control team in the Infiltration Surveillance Center at Nakhon Phanom. Operation Commando Bolt, a real-time, LORAN-based technique which utilized sensor strike zones derived from predicted target locations. These missions were coordinated by Task Force Alpha's Sycamore control center against targets that passed through strike modules (four strings of three to six sensors each). Air controllers at Sycamore then directly delivered the correct course, altitude, and speed necessary for the strike aircraft to deliver their ordnance to the correct coordinates. Thai made.