F105 and B57 jet fighters and jet reconnaissance aircraft at 10.000 feet. KG135 supertankers at 20.000 feet. C130s filled with electronic gear designed to coordinate the bombing at 25.000 feet. B52 bombers at 30.000 feet. C130s of Hillsboro control overseeing the entire operation at 35.000 feet and SR71 reconnaissance aircraft at 70.000 feet. And on the ground is the Laotian peasantry. Listen to their reactions and thoughts as recorded in refugee interviews. The planes came like birds and the bombs fell like rain. AnotherThere wasnt any night when we thought wed live until morning . . . never a morning we thought wed survive until night.