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Post by fivepondsaircrash on Oct 4, 2012 6:36:47 GMT 9
camping gear,
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Post by fivepondsaircrash on Oct 4, 2012 6:37:41 GMT 9
and woman,
Bill Ott
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Post by Gene on Oct 4, 2012 7:07:06 GMT 9
all i can say is wow!... the a.f. crash investigation teams iv worked with would have all this laid out on a floor in a hangar...
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Post by fivepondsaircrash on Oct 4, 2012 9:16:18 GMT 9
Pat, This must be the Navy. Bill Attachments:
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Post by marv2 on Oct 4, 2012 10:05:45 GMT 9
One the picture with the black box sitting on top of what appears to be a part of the drop tank. That would be the Directional Gyro that sent the signal to the ADI. It was removed with the AHRS mod.
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Post by Jim on Oct 4, 2012 10:31:31 GMT 9
Everything is free but you must bring your own food, GYRO housing and drop tank hanger lug..
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Post by Jim on Oct 4, 2012 10:34:28 GMT 9
Possibly the fwd bulkhead in the weapons bay and casting for doormechanism
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Post by Jim on Oct 4, 2012 10:35:58 GMT 9
all i can say is wow!... the a.f. crash investigation teams iv worked with would have all this laid out on a floor in a hangar... Me 2... once for F-102 and a Korean AF F-5
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Post by Jim on Oct 4, 2012 10:38:57 GMT 9
Let's have a contest for who can identify these next four parts. Prize is free camping at the F-106 site. Something tells me this might be part of the CSD
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Post by MOW on Oct 4, 2012 13:38:50 GMT 9
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Post by lindel on Oct 4, 2012 20:34:23 GMT 9
I don't recall much being made of the crash. Col Lowe's description of what happened was accepted and that was basically the end of it. Once the confidental material was gathered up, I don't believe anyone else from the squadron went out there.
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Post by Mark O on Jul 20, 2013 6:35:43 GMT 9
Since I was in Dayton today I just had to swing by the AF museum to say hello to the Cornfield Bomber! This was the first visit I've made to the museum in just over 10 years, and although many things are the same, I have always liked how they move things around enough to keep it from getting boring. I didn't spend near the time I would have liked to there, but it was nice. Pretty busy today as well, but it is the middle of summer, and the tourist season. Here are a few pics I took with my cell phone. (All my good cameras are long gone save a Canon EOS Rebel XS in 35mm that my daughter is holding for me. Sigh...) I really liked the General Olds display. Notice how they refer to the Vietnam War. It's not just in his display; it is the entire section of the hangar devoted to aircraft of that era. Here is a closeup of the photo of the 8th TFW revetments at Ubon, Thailand. Look familiar, Jim Too? And, of course, 58-0787. She is well lit, and other than the yellow tape around her looks pretty good.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jul 20, 2013 8:52:50 GMT 9
Mark wrote:
Mark, I know we all refer to that war as the Vietnam War, and properly so.
However, since the shooting by and the shooting at Communist forces, took place in 4 countries, Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, to call it the Southeast Asia War is not incorrect, just more encompassing.
I think there was also some activity in Malaysia and in some remote parts of the Philippines, we could expand it a bit further.
As to the revetments, they were built while I was at Ubon.
They were, as the picture shows, open topped, and the front faced the runways.
Not much of a problem, but could have been, as there was periodic VC activity off the end of the runways, which was to the left of the front of the revetments (right in the picture), and some across the runways.
The Mekong River was some miles to the East of the base, and the Mun River, was to the South of the base and ran through town..
The Mun fed in to the Mekong.
Both of them were "highways" for VC infiltrators and the shores were patrolled by the Thai Army, and the waters by the Thai Navy.
So, had the VC chosen to launce rockets from small boats at the base, there would be no lids over the F-4s to deflect the rockets.
When I got to Da Nang in Fall 1968 the revetments there were beginning to get lids that made them look like Quanset Huts.
They did work, though, as the rounded tops kept the rockets from falling on the F-4s.
However, the Air Force F-4s were the only planes on the base so protected.
The rest of the planes sat outside, not even open revetments.
At Ubon, the RAAF had F-86Fs, made in Canada, and they sat unprotected.
Good pictures, Mark.
Brought back some memories from 46 years ago.
Jim Too
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Post by Bullhunter on Jan 19, 2018 2:51:28 GMT 9
Lots of pictures have vanished out of this thread. These are from our visit in 2011
postimage org browse
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