Aircraft pics

[earntaz]

Mike -- that 121 pic damn near looks like DaNang ..!?!

[m22mike]

Nope, it is Chu Lai.

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nope, it is Chu Lai.</div></div>

OK -- we had the same type birds flying in/out of DaNang in 65'

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nope, it is Chu Lai.</div></div>

OK -- we had the same type birds flying in/out of DaNang in 65' </div></div>

Correct, there were quit a few outfits with them back then, allot of Air Force, allot of different missions. Our VW-1 squadron was based out of Guam and the primary squadron mission was low level Typhoon recon, and during the Viet Nam war we always had a deployment of 2 AC based at Chu Lai on a 2 week rotation.
We did due one deployment out of Da Nang in 68.

These were recon connies based out of Korat Air Base in Thailand, ever see one at Da Nang ?
If you look at the upper fuselage it looks like the upper Radome was removed. This is a Ec121

[earntaz]

I'll have to dig through some old photos from DaNang -- may have pics of them. During that time period there were so many different airframes -- fighters (AF, Marines, and locals), heavies and helos.

[Dicky]

MCC was also a depot for F-105 overhauls and there was nothing quite like a 450-knot four-ship in-trail departure of 105s screaming over the house. I must have blown the screen door off its hinges a hundred times.

Bill, were you a THUD driver too?

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dicky</div><div class="ubbcode-body">MCC was also a depot for F-105 overhauls and there was nothing quite like a 450-knot four-ship in-trail departure of 105s screaming over the house. I must have blown the screen door off its hinges a hundred times.

Bill, were you a THUD driver too? </div></div>

No, I was a 8-year old kid who would run full speed outside to see what was coming out of McClellan, whether a rumbling old EC-121 or a flight of four F-105s in full blower. I still go outside when I hear something interesting going over the house.

[earntaz]

Aaah -- Thuds ... we just lost a great driver of that bird. Col Jack Broughton was a Thud driver -- had some excellent books (Thud Ridge and Going Down Town). I never touched a F-105 -- worked the O-1, O-2, OV-10 (GIB and right seat in those), AT-33, F-5 (Skoshi Tiger), F-100, and F-111. I have over 41 years wrapped up in AF/DoD. Just retired -- nows the time to really start playing with cars/trucks. TAZ

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Aaah -- Thuds ... we just lost a great driver of that bird. Col Jack Broughton was a Thud driver -- had some excellent books (Thud Ridge and Going Down Town). I never touched a F-105 -- worked the O-1, O-2, OV-10 (GIB and right seat in those), AT-33, F-5 (Skoshi Tiger), F-100, and F-111. I have over 41 years wrapped up in AF/DoD. Just retired -- nows the time to really start playing with cars/trucks. TAZ </div></div>

Broughton died? Hadn't heard that. When I was in USAF ROTC in the '80s our commander was Jerry Driscoll, who had been shot down in his F-105 in 1966 and did seven years in Hanoi. He was one heroic SOB and very inspirational. Thud Ridge is required reading in my opinion, not just for aviation buffs but history in general. Broughton was the real deal as were most of those guys.

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Aaah -- Thuds ... we just lost a great driver of that bird. Col Jack Broughton was a Thud driver -- had some excellent books (Thud Ridge and Going Down Town). I never touched a F-105 -- worked the O-1, O-2, OV-10 (GIB and right seat in those), AT-33, F-5 (Skoshi Tiger), F-100, and F-111. I have over 41 years wrapped up in AF/DoD. Just retired -- nows the time to really start playing with cars/trucks. TAZ </div></div>

Broughton died? Hadn't heard that. When I was in USAF ROTC in the '80s our commander was Jerry Driscoll, who had been shot down in his F-105 in 1966 and did seven years in Hanoi. He was one heroic SOB and very inspirational. Thud Ridge is required reading in my opinion, not just for aviation buffs but history in general. Broughton was the real deal as were most of those guys. </div></div>

He died in Lake Forest, California on October 24, 2014, at the age of 89 ... the Lord needed another damn good pilot and Patriot!