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Off this afternoon (Letter Home) (Letter Home) identified the aircraft and were Stopped Bien Hoa for fuel Cleared Dispensary, Re-up NCO, Supply, Sunday, December 19, 1971 Long Thanh North, Wasted time (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 366th Security Police Squadron Nng CSC in 1971. (Letter Home) up 7 pm, Thursday, October 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Bien Hoa Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North Got mail, Friday, May 28, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 1 mission 4 hrs. OFF, rode shotgun on truck to Long Binh This is one of the Air Force aircraft that brought badly needed supplies to Viet Nam. Slept all day, Sunday, June 20, 1971 Nha Trang (Letter Home) Images from the French and Italian Alps - June 2011, Dr. Seel's Academic Survival Tips for First-Year Students. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang Arrived Da Nang Test flight 009 for pictures and was home and mustered out of the Army within a few days. (Letter Home) The results of a typhoon that hit Nng in 1971. It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. occasionally things get blown up. (Letter Home) on detail cleaning M-16 magazines in afternoon (Letter Home) Headcount, Sunday, December 12, 1971 Long Thanh North As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. (Letter Home) No plane with supplies (Letter Home) Band at Club A high number of casualties were Vietnamese civilians living in a village just east of DaNang Air Base. Checked banks in 027, ok OFF, Monday, August 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw movie "the Adventurer" at Gunfighter 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. Avionics Got soaked working after 5 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw "Grasshopper" at main compound, Saturday, March 13, 1971 Da Nang TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:16:08 -0800, "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <, Warning! (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Didn't get payed Sgt. Sgt. no mail RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Rocket Attack on Danang. Preparing to fly an air-to-air photo assignment in a F-100 Super Sabre with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam in 1970. Got SP4 today Seacord on detail China Beach today One burning Phantom, loaded with eight M117 bombs, was rapidly unloaded by a courageous maintenance crew organised by Col F C Blesse and Col H O Brennan before the fire reached the bombs. (Letter Home) Standby (Letter Home) In front of the 600th Photo Squadron compound at Tan Son Nhut Air Base with good friend U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Duff off I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Burm detail laying concertina wire I experienced rocket attacks, an ammunition dump explosion, total boredom, drug busts, police raids, China Beach, and the birth of my daughter, Rebecca. Pictures of Danang 9. Missed USO show at 5 pm OFF, Saturday, December 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Kelm and Harrelson left today, Saturday, March 27, 1971 Da Nang Signal Group Aviation Detachment Returned to Long Thanh to get payed, Saturday, July 31, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) no mail and no pay yet, Friday, April 2, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Saw "Boatnicks" at RPI By 4 pm had two banks working secure, Friday, July 16, 1971 Vung Tau Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau Need HYL-3 7 missions, 7 hr. (Letter Home) OFF Rigged 027, Thursday, July 1, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh 2 rocket attacks early this morning Re-rigged 038, 013. USO show in afternoon Saw 'Raid on Rommel' at RPI, Tuesday, August 31, 1971 Da Nang Rigged 013, 038 and 073 for mission up north (Letter Home) Off today Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon, didn't log it. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) the letters home I wrote on the date of the diary entry. (Letter Home) China Beach and a few days later I also confirmed that I'd be getting a 179 day Christmas Ordered slide projector and stuff from PATC and ATC, Tuesday, June 15, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Went to parade practice by chopper OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I Bought a couple of casettes today, Sunday, May 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Civilians didn't show today nightshift avionics A formation of F-100s of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the ancient Cham temple south of their base at Phan Rang. news but for some reason the entries in the diary stopped for this period Found out I'm on flight orders today Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. (Letter Home) Behind her is the area that we referred to as "Dog Patch.". (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Arrived at 10:30, 1 mission 2 hrs. Rocket attack, Tuesday, April 27, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 10,000 ft. above Nui Ba Den Mountain(Letter Home) 15 min. Night Shift Avionics, Saturday, November 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Select from premium Da Nang Air Base of the highest quality. (nothing), Monday, March 1, 1971 Long Thanh North (nothing), Friday, February 19, 1971 Da Nang Flew to Da Nang 1 mission, practice, 061 5 hrs. Checked radar in a couple of ships, Sunday, June 27, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. Supposed to go back south tomorrow, Friday, May 7, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Headcount = Checking in GI's at meals at the mess hall, a gravy job for (Letter Home) Saw "Hornets Nest', Thursday, March 11, 1971 Da Nang I assume it was a hit on one of the POL areas judging from the heavy black smoke. Unbelievable since I had already started processing out. (Letter Home) Saw 'The body stealers' at RPI, Thursday, September 2, 1971 Da Nang Kelm came back up, Saturday, April 3, 1971 Da Nang Saturday, June 5, 1971 Da Nang 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang On ammo detail to Long Binh, Friday, July 2, 1971 Long Than North, Vung Tau Anyone can read what you share. (Letter Home) Special services show twice at club, Monday, November 8, 1971 Long Thanh North didn't fly as I was scheduled for 1 pm, Friday, February 5, 1971 Da Nang Mission kicked off this evening Night Shift Avionics, Saturday, November 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Cleaned orderly room Again, all the SP's are unknown. (Letter Home) Thursday, August 5, 1971 Long Thanh North since it was also my way of knowing just how many days left I had to spend (Letter Home) Noon to 6 pm guard duty * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. Got materials for USAFI course today (oceanography) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) HF = High frequency radio Looking back I find Headcount, Friday, December 3, 1971 Long Thanh North I grabbed my camera and ran outside to document the attack. the Army too! Arrived Long Thanh 3:30 pm via Tuy Hoa (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): Give this article. Had a little OJT today. 061 1 mission to Quang Tri at 6 pm Sound: Yes. China Beach = Rest and relaxation center on coast near Da Nang, Personnel mentioned Direct Combat Assist and was basically a taxi flight), RR or RRT (Radio (Letter Home) 366th AMS, Mystery SP, Bob Hope. (Letter Home) Me to Da Nang in 038 1 hr. (Letter Home) Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, Rocket attack 72 redhorse compound DaNang, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group. (Letter Home) Sat in Avionics shop today Home / / danang rocket attack july 5, 1971. danang rocket attack july 5, 1971 3 G.I. I recently heard from USAF veteran Pete Fontanilla who was the crew chief for this aircraft (tail number 346) while serving in Vietnam at that time. 1 mission 4 hrs. Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Live band at the R.P.I. Worked morning, off afternoon, worked night. (Letter Home) Back on standby just before I was to take off, Saturday, August 21, 1971 Da Nang I remember the XM-174 grenade launcher could put out 12 rounds before the first one hit the ground. and switch in chopper control stick. (Letter Home) Mess hall got hit by rocket this morning about 4:30 am while I was gone Burm detail, may try to get permanent tower guard, Tuesday, September 28, 1971 Long Thanh North up 7 am See a recent photo of Richard here. Bowling at Freedom Hill (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hours, up 3:30 am in Satellite 038 Pictures of Danang 10. Got 3 new bad banks today (Letter Home) 038 and 073 still left here, Monday, August 23, 1971 Da Nang Would not release us to go south Stayed at shop till 10:30, left Rigged 009, Sunday, October 24, 1971 Long Thanh North, Pleiku Flew CE on 000 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock Footage CriticalPast 310K subscribers Subscribe 194 56K views 8 years ago CriticalPast is an archive of historic. Please email if you can provide additional information about these photos and the people in them. (Letter Home) Marble Mountain (Letter Home) Obrient = radio relay operator Found problems in xmode connectors on Cont. Saturday, October 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. Moved to new hootch behind personnel building, Tuesday, March 9, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) De-rigged 038, Monday, June 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. We gained a new appreciation for these airmen who spent months working under fire at Khe Sanh. (Letter Home) These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. Watching the M-79 (Blooper) being fired. China Beach, Saturday, May 1, 1971 Da Nang Took a jog to back gate, Friday, May 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Took radar out of 061, de-rigged 013 and 038 Saw "The Best House in London" at RPI, Monday, February 22, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. (Letter Home) Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Got a package of 'goodies', Sunday, February 28, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 15 min. Not feeling well, Friday, June 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Put FM control head in chopper and FM in another (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission 4 hrs. Richard Life. Photo was given to me. by The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Wasted day Up 9:15 am, 1 mission RR 4 hrs. keyed guns, Friday, March 26, 1971 Da Nang standby at airfield 3 pm to 7 pm During the attack, Lieutenant Colonel Verle E. Ludwig's 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, south of Marble Mountain, came under small arms fire, but apparently this was a feint designed to fix the unit in its defensive positions. (Letter Home) Heavy explosions and fires on the base. Trang, Quin Nhon, Marble Mountain, Hue/Phu Bai Avionic and checking radio banks To see images from a return visit to Vietnam in 2006 click here. Worked on Satellite 679 and061 this morning, Monday, May 10, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. (Letter Home) Results of a rocket attack 5 July, 1971 next to the Chow Hall. May have practice mission tomorrow, Sunday, October 3, 1971 Long Thanh North We recently heard from David Tomblin of Wilkinson, West Virginia -- then an aircraft maintenance specialist with the 366th TFW -- who was injured when the rocket landed right next to his bunk area. (Letter Home) Saw "Airport" at main compound, Thursday, March 18, 1971 Da Nang A Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) A-37 drops a bomb on a position near Bien Hoa in 1971. De-rigged 038, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 Long Thanh North Supposed to go back to Long Thanh tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24, 1971 Tuy Hoa, Long Thanh North Got batteries and mail, Thursday, July 29, 1971 Vung Tau To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages, Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang Army grunts load into a C-7 Caribou transport at Tan Son Nhut Air Base for an airlift to fighting in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. No mail (Letter Home) and there was just a big X thru each date), Sunday, November 28, 1971 Long Thanh North, Cam Ran, Nha Nui Ba Den. Worked on Satellite 000 radios Click the image above for a flight chart of the Long Binh/Bien Hoa/ Tan Saw "Support your Local Sheriff" at main compound, Wednesday, March 17, 1971 Da Nang No mail The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. (Letter Home) The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. Will start flying one radio check mission a day, Tuesday, March 23, 1971 Da Nang Clark Air Base, Philippines. mailed film to Kodak, Tuesday, November 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Vung Tau = town near the coast She was a very kind and caring lady. Sent $100 money order home Off morning (Letter Home) This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or reserved. Band at club, Sunday, May 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Wednesday, March 3, 1971 Qui Nhon, Da Nang Signed out (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Kinzel and Bevins came with stuff, Thursday, July 22, 1971 Vung Tau This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Went to Long Binh for TDY pay, got two pair of nomex and gloves, Wednesday, May 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Put radios in Satellite 027 this morning, OFF Keyed guns 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Long Thanh North Saigon = Saigon Tower guard 6 am to noon (Letter Home) Checked banks, need new KY-28, Wednesday, July 14, 1971 Vung Tau Photo was given to me. Rocket attack just before landing (Letter Home) No mail, Friday, July 23, 1971 Vung Tau standby, Tuesday, October 5, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Put radar in 013 and 061, Sunday, August 1, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) The 362 TEWS Latrine. Radio banks back from Phu Loi, Saturday, April 24, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Rained most of day, Tuesday, March 16, 1971 Da Nang Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang Checked banks, Friday, June 18, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount, Thursday, December 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Electric off in hanger all day (Letter Home) Village [ Rod Carbone photo ], Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 (Letter Home) Arrived Bien Hoa, Vietnam 10:30 pm, Wednesday, Jan 27, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) Band at RPI Quit 6 pm, Wednesday, September 22, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) As I recall I finally left Vietnam on the day after Christmas Movie at RPI, 'I love my wife', Tuesday, May 4, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Still on standby, Sunday, March 7, 1971 Da Nang As the number of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam was reduced in 1971, efforts were made to shift more of the fighting to the Vietnamese army. This is a Kaman HH-43 Pedro. (Letter Home) Duff and Kelm went to Da Nang this morning, Tuesday, April 20, 1971 Long Thanh North Took 5 banks to Vung Tau, Saturday, July 3, 1971 Long Than North Saw 'Paint your wagon' at MAFC We lived underground in bunkers with rats for two days while photographing Air Force ground crews who unloaded the C-130 transports and maintained the runways. 1 mission, 4 hrs. Hot at 5 AM, mission terminated at 11:30 am just before I was due to fly Supposed to go to Vung Tau tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau (Letter Home) Put transponder in 836 today, Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Saturday, April 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Tuesday, June 8, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Friday, October 29, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Also provided here are links directly to OFF, Sunday, October 31, 1971 Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 11, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Replaced fuel cell in 027 This fisheye photo was taken at the end of the runway at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand as we filmed a B-52 returning from a mission landing right over our heads. Was guide-on bearer for change of command ceremony This is My, our hut maid. See the article in its original context from. Duff = radio relay operator Duration: 1 min 20 sec. Spent most of day at 12 Grp. ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. Standby Put 2 mike cords in choppers, Tuesday, May 11, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh This mundane little book has an entry for just about every day I was in-country Headcount, Tuesday, December 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) 56th fixing control amps Worked evening in Avionics Thursday, October 7, 1971 Long Thanh North West German . Keyed crypto guns this morning (Letter Home) (Letter Home) The camera was a new Nikon F2 and I was as green in combat photography as the camera. Quit 8 pm to club see Japanese Band, Tuesday, November 9, 1971 Long Thanh North 1971 Waiting. (Letter Home) Newspapers.com makes these newspapers available for the purpose of historical research, and is not responsible for the content of any newspapers archived at our site. Seacord to Da Nang in 013 OFF, Wednesday, December 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Attacks on DaNang Air Base "Rocket City" Information in this table is extracted from, Appendix I, "Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973" by Roger P. Fox. Attempted repair (Letter Home) High-resolution original photos (without watermarks) are available from the National Archives in Washington, DC. North All units at Da Nang went on full alert, but the damage had been done. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Burm detail building bunker 1, Thursday, September 23, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) On 11/6/2018 8:54 AM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. ???? Anyone can read what you share. (Letter Home) Band at RPI tonight (Letter Home) Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Sent two fixed ones back (Letter Home) Got haircut, Friday, May 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Went to Long Binh to pick up TDY pay, $148.38, Thursday, April 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Guard duty 6 am - noon, Friday, June 4, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Avionics - radar in 038 Guard Duty, Saturday, June 19, 1971 Long Thanh North We started flying this morning at 1 am, put back on standby at noon, I Guard duty on Tower 45, Tuesday, September 7, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) worked through lunch so afternoon off. Saw 'Graduate' at main compound, Monday, March 22, 1971 Da Nang Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail 1 mission, DCS, 013 1 hr. (Letter Home) Had day off till 6:30, worked till 10:30, Wednesday, October 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics, Sunday, May 23, 1971 Long Thanh North 20 min.073, Monday, August 16, 1971 Da Nang Went to China Beach this afternoon, Friday, April 9, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Arrived Da Nang 2 pm (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Got all but one bank working Brought back two banks Col. Dickinson came for inspection [CBS] Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger is in South Vietnam; Vice President Spiro Agnew is in Singapore. Scary. usually stayed at the 37th Signal Battalion compound As official USAF photographs they are in the public domain and as such are also in the Creative Commons. Got one set of banks working (Letter Home) Bevins = pilot SAIGON, South Vietnam, Saturday, July 15-Enemy gunners blasted the huge American air base at Danang with 50 rounds of rocket fire early this morning, killing 12 United States servicemen and wound- ing 40, the military command announced. Pay day, $387, Wednesday, December 1, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission 009 5 hr 10 min. 30 min. I flew, the special assignments, the rocket attacks, the red alerts and the Got two sets of nomex liferized today China Beach, standby till Friday. At least we had indoor Put radar in 001, took Loran? 013, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Da Nang Beckman says they will mail TDY money, Sunday, September 26, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Mission kicked off, I fly tomorrow morning, Wednesday, April 7, 1971 Da Nang Anyone can read what you share. (Letter Home) Phu Bai = airfield Got some sun on the bunker outside, Tuesday, September 14, 1971 Da Nang (nothing), Monday, April 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Put HF in 001, Monday, August 2, 1971 Long Thanh North, Can Tho, Binh Tuy, Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Davis mentioned E5 board, Friday, August 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Package due today, didn't come amps Avionics Guard duty 6 am - Noon for Duff Headcount (Letter Home) (Letter Home) to work in radio relay on planes, Sunday, Jan 31, 1971 Long Thanh North Me on the M60. Expecting typhoon tonight, Sunday, May 2, 1971 Da Nang OFF De-rigged 061, Thursday, June 24, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Return to Rick's Vietnam Page Beckman came, Murphy left, Sunday, August 29, 1971 Da Nang I took this photo of an army paratrooper while documenting the invasion of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army --with the assistance of U.S. troops. considered combat assault) 's Are Reported Killed By Enemy Shells at Danang, https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/05/archives/3-gis-are-reported-killed-by-enemy-shells-at-danang.html. PFC = Private First Class rank Practice alert this evening, Thursday, April 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics Lots of work on 061, Thursday, October 21, 1971 Long Thanh North 30 min 073, Thursday, August 19, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon should get flight pay and PFC. The "LA" on the tail indicates that this aircrew is part of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron. 30 min. Left Ft. Dix 8:00, Tuesday, Jan 26, 1971 Bien Hoa This is a shot of a young girl talking to one of the bunker guards. Saw movie "Norwood" at RPI, Thursday, April 29, 1971 Da Nang To purchase. Long Binh = airfield and military base Kadremas = radio relay operator (Letter Home) Satellite 000 Got pictures back from Wards and mailed them home 2009. (Letter Home) This photo was taken of a Vietnamese Air Force pilot flying an A-37 on a ground support mission. Didn't fly, standby, Sunday, May 16, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission DCS 2 hrs. 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK ON DANANG BASE; 40 Wounded and 6 Planes Destroyed Foe Raids a Jail, Freeing Prisoners 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK, https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/15/archives/12-americans-die-in-rocket-attack-on-danang-base-40-wounded-and-6.html. Moss moved out USAFI = US Armed Forces Institute, correspondence course. Sylvester = radio relay operator (Letter Home) (Letter Home) it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions 1 ship to leave tomorrow with Kadramas and Claybough, Sunday, August 22, 1971 Da Nang As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Sunday, April 11, 1971, Long Thanh North So wing maintainers and aircrews modified the mounting of an external 20-millimeter Gatling gun pod on the F-4Cs used for ground attack for use in air-to-air combat, and in less than a month, starting on May 14, 1967, the wings pilots had scored four MiG kills. Band at RPI on Satellite 000 The sources reported that three G.I. 366th Security Police K-9. On the night of July 14, the new 122mm launchers were set up in six batteries, each with six launchers. ), Monday, December 20, 1971 Long Thanh North One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. MACV club, Saturday, September 18, 1971 Da Nang Headcount, Saturday, December 11, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF 1 mission - 4 hrs. (Letter Home) 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang Photo #1 ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang Detail = doing grunt work just about anywhere Printed a few more pictures, Wednesday, June 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics nightshift, Wednesday, November 17, 1971 Long Thanh North 2 missions, DCS,038 to Vung Tau to pick up HYL-3's, 1 hr. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Rocket attack, Monday, April 26, 1971 Da Nang The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) 1 mission, RR 027 4 hr. (Letter Home) Took flight physical, Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Long Than North 600th Photo Squadron photographer Bill Diebold took this image in 1971 of a young Vietnamese girl intrigued by what I was photographing in a temple in Saigon. Night shift Avionics (Letter Home) Pictures of Danang 11. A summary of these attacks can be found on the Web site of the 366th Tactical. (Letter Home) Berry and Schenning left Got shots at dispensary (no diary entries) (It was on the 18th I found out An F4-E Phantom of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing in DaNang heads for a bombing mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in northwest Vietnam. Left 90th by C-130 to 510th Replacent in Da Nang, Friday, December 24, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Kinzel = pilot (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Mission put off till tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 1 mission 027, 3 hr 45 min. On the night of 28 March General Trng received intelligence that an all-out PAVN assault against the city would commence the next morning and he decided to abandon Da Nang and ordered his forces to move to beaches for evacuation by sea. It should be noted that not all the action was in the air. Send slides home(18) (Letter Home) Did PM on CO's air conditioner, Saturday, June 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Shipped to Nha Trang (Letter Home) redistributed. July 1967, Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force, . Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by, http://www.redhorseassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=3722.0. 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. page (Letter Home) No mail Hot, Pool closed, game of Monopoly this evening (nothing), Thursday, June 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount breakfast and dinner Davis put us in for E-4 today, Wednesday, April 21, 1971 Long Thanh North De-rigged 071 home. to Da Nang (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. OFF, read a couple books, Monday, July 19, 1971 Vung Tau Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) On standby, Saturday, March 6, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our KP = Kitchen patrol, working in the mess hall (Letter Home) Avionics, Thursday, August 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Burm detail cutting grass, Friday, July 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw 'How to commit marriage' Night Shift Avionics (Letter Home) 000 up 2 AM Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. Put roll of slide film in Gunfighter PX, Friday, March 5, 1971 Da Nang, Phu Bai Shows a night time Vietcong rocket attack, just after midnight, July 15, 1967, on the United States Air Force flight line and barracks areas at the Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. The gun pod innovation and the MiG kills that followed earned the wing the nickname it carries today, the Gunfighters. During this period, the wing earned a. 45 min. Saw 'A new leaf' at MAFC Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) The names, logos, and other source identifying features of newspapers depicted in our database are the trademarks of their respective owners, and our use of newspaper content in the public domain or by private agreement does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement from, the publishers of the newspaper titles that appear on our site. # Not in AF records, submitted by members, # Not in AF records, submitted by members, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973. The same aircraft in the photo above releases two bombs on an NVA truck park on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the jungle below. 1 talking about this. To Vung Tau, returned 4 pm (Letter Home) Hooked front bank as middle band with 3rd as spare, Monday, May 17, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission 4 hrs. Seacord = radio relay operator Avionics till 9 then on detail picking up pre-fab bunker at Long Binh, Tuesday, August 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Checked radio banks all day https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/30/archives/rockets-kill-12-at-danang.html. In February 1965, while at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, the wing began converting to the new F-4C Phantom II. Rigged 073 and 009, Saturday, August 14, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) . Photo #7 ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) the last 3 digits on the tail fin #. Whole day at China Beach, Sunday, February 21, 1971 Da Nang Cheney = crew chief danang rocket attack july 5, 19717ds grand cross banner schedule7ds grand cross banner schedule Davis = Sgt. 1 mission - 5 hours, up at 6 pm, Tuesday, February 2, 1971 Da Nang

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