I also made life long friends. (Letter Home) Thursday, March 4, 1971 Da Nang Cleared Finance, Tuesday, December 21, 1971 Long Binh (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Tuesday, February 9, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd On 30 June 1972, the 366th TFW was deactivated at Da Nang Air Base, being reactivated at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand the same day. No plane with supplies (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Put radios in Satellite 027 this morning, 1 mission 009, 4 hr. (Letter Home) Got payed, Tuesday, June 1, 1971 Long Thanh North 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. Quit 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 18, 1971 to Saturday, November 27, 1 mission 4 hrs. Good show at club, Sunday, August 8, 1971 Long Thanh North R&U building APO 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. 7 missions, 7 hr. (Letter Home) If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. on detail building ammo boxes, Tuesday, October 12, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den, personnel on call. Avionics nightshift, Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Long Thanh North Nha Trang = airfield Avionic and checking radio banks Saw 'the Undefeated' at M AFC, Wednesday, May 5, 1971 Da Nang OFF, Monday, November 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by, http://www.redhorseassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=3722.0. MAFC = Main air force compound at Da Nang 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Da Nang Air Base ( Vietnamese: Cn c khng qun Nng) (1930s-1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French Air Force and later Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility located in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam. Avionics Will start flying one radio check mission a day, Tuesday, March 23, 1971 Da Nang Returned to Long Thanh to get payed, Saturday, July 31, 1971 Long Thanh North Put banks in conex, Tuesday, May 25, 1971 Long Thanh North Satellite 000 + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. . Sunday morning. Rigged 000, 013, 061 for Relay standby to Da Nang Need batteries [ Rod Carbone photo ]. Tuesday, June 8, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North ???? Direct Combat Assist and was basically a taxi flight), RR or RRT (Radio My letters home were verbose, but in stark contrast the daily To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau The Internet is a wonderful thing for us Vietnam vets. there. My hearing was permanently impaired by excessive noise exposure to loud jet engines during the war (without adequate ear protection). Got payed today, Saturday, February 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Night Shift Avionics As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. (Letter Home) (nothing), Tuesday, February 23, 1971 Da Nang Photo #3 ( Nng AB): Me on the M60. live band at the Rice Paddy in at 6 PM, Saturday, February 6, 1971 Long Thanh North, Tuy Hoa Live band at the R.P.I. (Letter Home) news but for some reason the entries in the diary stopped for this period Son Nhut Airspace. Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Live band at the R.P.I. Night Shift Avionics, Friday, November 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw "Grasshopper" at main compound, Saturday, March 13, 1971 Da Nang 45 min. Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): 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. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Another fisheye photo I took that day of a B-52 landing over our heads. Quit 7 pm, Friday, October 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Photo #9 ( Nng AB): 038 and 073 still left here, Monday, August 23, 1971 Da Nang arrived 8:30 pm, Monday, September 20, 1971 Long Thanh North This is one of our huts directly accrosed from the Armory. Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Rained all day Photo #8 ( Nng AB): Cleaned weapon Got 20 letters today, Saturday, July 24, 1971 Vung Tau It seems that someone had failed to tell the B-52 pilots that we would be filming at this location and some were a bit upset seeing us in the approach area. (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. 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. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission CA 4 hr. It should be noted that not all the action was in the air. Checked banks in 027, ok 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 (Letter Home) Stayed at shop till 10:30, left The barracks next door had taken a direct hit from a V.C. by Got clearing papers 56th fixing control amps Rocket attack, Monday, April 26, 1971 Da Nang A motion picture (mopic) crew from the 600th Photo Squadron prepares to shoot some footage in Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Worked till 3 am Sunday on Satellite 038 and 000 It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. (Letter Home) Power supply not working right, Saturday, July 17, 1971 Vung Tau Images from the French and Italian Alps - June 2011, Dr. Seel's Academic Survival Tips for First-Year Students. Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. Checked the rest of the relay banks this morning Band at Club Coming back from chow. Got all but one bank working Mailed film to Wards, Friday, September 17, 1971 Da Nang Claybough, Kadramas, Obrient, Cheney, Skoog went south on 009 and 061 30 min. Trang, Quin Nhon, Marble Mountain, Hue/Phu Bai Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. Stopped Cam Ran, Nha Trang, Quin Nhon, Marble Mountain, Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, November 29, 1971 Long Thanh North Return to Rick's Home Page. (Letter Home) Sgt Krouse is following me. (Letter Home) the letters home I wrote on the date of the diary entry. See a recent photo of Richard here. 1 mission, DCS, 013 1 hr. (nothing), Monday, March 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Keyed guns for mission starting 6 am, Monday, April 5, 1971 Da Nang TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Got payed and got 22 letters start flying tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) night shift cancelled, Tuesday, September 21, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, practice, 061 5 hrs. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw "Love Bug" at the RPI tonight, Thursday, February 18, 1971 Da Nang 000 up 2 AM (Letter Home) A United States spokesman also reported that two helicop ters were shot down by ground fire while on reconnaissance missions in northern Thuathiert Province, about two miles east of the Laotian border. All of them are unknown. SoundCloud Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell published on 2011-07-20T19:49 . Washed clothes at officers quarters Send any friend a story. Took apart CO's air conditioner 1 mission, 5 hours 15 min, up at 11 pm yesterday till 4 am today on and switch in chopper control stick. The 362 TEWS Latrine. Wasted day Finished reading 'Earth Tool Kit', Monday, August 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) redistributed. 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. Keyed guns A Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) A-37 drops a bomb on a position near Bien Hoa in 1971. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) We gained a new appreciation for these airmen who spent months working under fire at Khe Sanh. Went to Vung Tau by way of Can Tho and Binh Tuy to pick up 3 radio racks, Tuesday, August 3, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) 20 min.073, Monday, August 16, 1971 Da Nang Band at RPI Tragically, five airmen died in the attack that night and 38 were wounded. Movie at RPI, 'I love my wife', Tuesday, May 4, 1971 Da Nang The 390th Fighter Squadron was deployed to Da Nang Air Base (6252d Tactical Wing) in October 1965, and the 391st went to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base (12th Tactical Fighter Wing) in January 1966. By November 1971, the 366th was the only United States tactical fighter wing still stationed in Vietnam. Bowling at Freedom Hill Guard duty midnight to 6 am, Monday, May 31, 1971 Long Thanh North Put cables on two planes going south today, Monday, March 29, 1971 Da Nang Got shots at dispensary (Letter Home) An RF-4C Phantom of the 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing prepares to take off at sunset from Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon in 1970. Found good set of banks by using by using three rear banks plus parts, Wednesday, July 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Worked Afternoon and till 11:30 pm, Sunday, November 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Returned to Long Thanh, 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs, Saturday, September 4, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh To Vung Tau, returned 4 pm The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. mission Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Asked Skaggs about permanent tower guard, Wednesday, September 29, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den Standby = planes ready to fly with radio relay racks in place and Signal Group Aviation Detachment Attack on Da Nang Air Base, RVN, by Monty Moore Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. Click the image above for a flight chart of the Long Binh/Bien Hoa/ Tan (Letter Home) Personal photo of Bill Diebold -- I found this image by chance online in 2006 and re-connected with Bill. Relay or Radio Relay Telephone which was our primary mission and were Home) Avionics (Letter Home) Marble Mountain Note the radio at center for ground-to-air communication. Seacord = radio relay operator Wasted time An aircraft mechanic takes a smoke break outside the revetments at Tan Son Nhut Air base in 1970. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 30 min. (Letter Home) ], Remember the fine restroom facilities? Mission = flight on U-21 or chopper, may be DCA(I think this stood for Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages, Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Slept all day, Sunday, June 20, 1971 Nha Trang https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/30/archives/rockets-kill-12-at-danang.html. Worked on Satellite 000 radios Behind her is the area that we referred to as "Dog Patch.". 12 civilians killed, 11 wounded in N Vietnamese rocket attack on Danang. One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw "Support your Local Sheriff" at main compound, Wednesday, March 17, 1971 Da Nang Nui Ba Den. Guide-on practice till noon Terms In five minutes, they had expended their ammunition. OFF (Letter Home) Supposed to go back south tomorrow, Friday, May 7, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Saturday, October 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Rigged 073 before I left Anyone can read what you share.
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