Todays Theme: Aircraft
Apr 3, 2012 09:08:27 #
frenchcoast wrote:
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Here's a photo of me on the flight deck of the USS Hancock. Those are Shrike missiles on the cart. The Air Force called SAM suppression Wild Weasel missions the Navy called it Iron Hand. Under the wing of jet #417 is one 500# general purpose bomb and a pair of Rockeye cannisters. Rockeyes open like a clam shell in mid-air releasing dart shaped bomblets in a shotgun pattern into the target.
This is what the war was for us. No new clothes and equipment for the camera crews. We patched our inflatable life vests with duct tape until a better one could be found. What the H**L people, duct tape should have been called the best battle instrument of the Vietnam War.
It fixed combat aircraft and its crews.
Apr 3, 2012 09:36:33 #
C-130 doing touch and goes as I was awaiting a friend to arrive. They came out so bad I had to touch them up or HIDE the bad lighting.
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Apr 6, 2012 22:58:09 #
Here's three from Virginia and North Carolina.
A Barnstorming show in central Virginia
FA-18 with vapors
Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, NC
Jun 18, 2012 08:37:31 #
I was playing with your 1-st picture. If you do not mind I can show my result.
Roger Salls wrote:
Here are a few I've shot. Mostly out of Sikorsky Mem Airport in Stratford, CT Home of the Corsair. The B-17 is "909", the B-25 is "Panchito", the Corsair "SKYBOSS"was at the airport for "Wings & Wheels" 2010 and I was in a Cessna 182 flying Chase for these images.
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Jun 18, 2012 19:59:33 #
I used to be a USAF crew chief in the 21st TASS and the 310 TAS in 1972. Here are a few pictures scanned from my negatives. Both airplanes were FAC's (Forward Air Control) in the 21st TASS.
O2a in Vietnam 1972 (21st. TASS) On flightline
OV10 in Vietnam 1972 (21st. TASS) in revetment
OV10 in Vietnam 1972 (21st. TASS)
Jun 18, 2012 21:58:38 #
Huskerchuck wrote:
I used to be a USAF crew chief in the 21st TASS and the 310 TAS in 1972. Here are a few pictures scanned from my negatives. Both airplanes were FAC's (Forward Air Control) in the 21st TASS.
Man that O2a saved a bunch of guys for sure !
Jun 18, 2012 22:29:11 #
frenchcoast wrote:
Man that O2a saved a bunch of guys for sure !
Huskerchuck wrote:
I used to be a USAF crew chief in the 21st TASS and the 310 TAS in 1972. Here are a few pictures scanned from my negatives. Both airplanes were FAC's (Forward Air Control) in the 21st TASS.
Man that O2a saved a bunch of guys for sure !
Yes, I am sure we probably marked a lot of targets for you Navy guys to blow the heck out of....also, good to see a few Vietnam vets here.
welcome home!
Chuck
Jun 18, 2012 23:54:12 #
From 1970-1971. Wish I had digital then. Fungus got to my slides.
52-627 at Tan Son Nhut
Over a C-123K in S.E.A.
52-654 from 52-627 over S.E.A.
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