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to the Flight Line
Hell, I ain't never left !!!
These are w/ 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron - "EMERALD KNIGHTS"
(31st TFW - TDY from Homestead AFB, Florida)
LINEBACKER I - UDORN RTAFB
I believe these
are w/ 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron - "NOMADS"
(33rd TFW - TDY from Eglin AFB, Florida)
LINEBACKER I - UDORN RTAFB
- Thanks for the memory Tim Laynor -
Chief, "salute" those it may be their LAST !!!
Where these headed -
"Downtown" HANOI, the RED RIVER VALLEY,
Quang Tri, Hue, An Loc, the TRAIL?
( Hurry on back now !!! )
These comin or goin, - did they blow their drag chute,
did they deliver their "gifts" to CHARLIE ?
These are "dogfighting" to become USAF "ACES"
There were only 3 "USAF" ACES from the Vietnam War
- ALL 3 flew F4s from this 432nd TRW flight line at UDORN RTAFB in 1972.
Two of these pictured above
(Ritchie "5" and DeBellevue "6") did achieve the
which earned them "ACE" status !!!
Yes, the skies over Southeast Asia were in deed quite busy and in 1972 !!!
These remind me of SNOOPY, they're
returning to DET-1 (56 SOW), - are they, Laotian or American ?
Where are these (Pilot Tom Pugh and RSO Ron Rice)
maybe they were called "SPACE PILOTS" !!!
SR71A #978 "Rapid Rabbit" crash landed at Kadena AFB, Okinawa
about 2 months after this emergency landing at UDORN, (loss of both AC generators)
during a photo recon mission over HANOI.
The USAF buried her in a hill called HABU Mtn. (these birds don't burn too well).
Qualifying for todays "new breed" of !!!
(Thanks for this cartoon - "Hang 10")
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This may put YOU back on the ol FLIGHT LINE -
HELL, I AIN'T NEVER LEFT !!!
If YOU were THERE, you will know that "constant and continuous" barrage of
aircraft "noise" - night and day
of
Our
BRAVE BROTHERS
H-U-N-T-E-R-S
and
5 ***** ***** 5
and
USAF "ACES"
*** 6 ***
headin OUT on their COMBAT SORTIES - another MISSION to - ???
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