Put on standby 9 pm, Friday, August 20, 1971 Da Nang Checked radios in 038 OK, Sunday, October 17, 1971 Long Thanh North The Internet is a wonderful thing for us Vietnam vets. Standby at 7:30 pm. Duff says me and Seacord are on his ARCOM orders Cleared Finance, Tuesday, December 21, 1971 Long Binh Good show at club, Sunday, August 8, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach = Rest and relaxation center on coast near Da Nang, Personnel mentioned (Letter Home) Up 9:15 am, 1 mission RR 4 hrs. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Three of these Paul's Danang Photos Homepage Guard duty midnight to 6 am, Thursday, June 3, 1971 Long Thanh North Rigged 027, Thursday, July 1, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Rocket Attack = refers to enemy 122mm rockets incoming. 1 mission RR 009 5 hrs. OFF (Though I didn't record it in this diary I Phu Bai = airfield 1 mission 55 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Found out I had guard on bunker 2 at 9 pm, walked out, Wednesday, August 11, 1971 Long Thanh North book as a brief note and each day I counted down the days to till I was headed marks the name of Airman First Class Frederick R. Neef, 600th Photo Squadron photographer killed in Vietnam. Paulson went back to get payed (Letter Home) Got haircut, Friday, May 14, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Slept till 11 am, Sunday, June 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Seacord to Da Nang in 013 The Army is reporting a 2% heroin addiction rate for soldiers leaving South Vietnam. (Letter Home) Went to parade practice by chopper Click to Report BROKEN LINKS or Photos, or COMMENT. (Letter Home) club= enlisted man's club on base Fred was one week away from his 19th birthday when his plane went down on November 27, 1970. Got called out, Beckman and Sylvester went south with 073, Saturday, August 28, 1971 Da Nang 30 min. Saw 'the Undefeated' at M AFC, Wednesday, May 5, 1971 Da Nang Three soldiers were killed and 37 wounded in a rocket attack on Danang. Supposed to go back to Long Thanh tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24, 1971 Tuy Hoa, Long Thanh North up 7 pm, Thursday, October 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Bien Hoa (Letter Home) Back on standby just before I was to take off, Saturday, August 21, 1971 Da Nang On 11/6/2018 8:54 AM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. (Letter Home) I recently heard from USAF veteran Pete Fontanilla who was the crew chief for this aircraft (tail number 346) while serving in Vietnam at that time. Shipped to Nha Trang TDY = Temporary Duty, we got paid extra when we stayed at another city and Went to Long Binh took rack to have pictures taken since it was also my way of knowing just how many days left I had to spend Standby Night Shift Avionics, Thursday, November 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Avionics, Tuesday, May 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) *** The first time that rockets were used in RVN by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. (Letter Home) Nui Ba Den, Tay Ninh, Wednesday, October 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Sylvester = radio relay operator Headcount, Saturday, December 11, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Davis (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Richard Life. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) on Satellite 061 Went to China Beach this afternoon, Friday, April 9, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Between fifty and eighty-three heavy rockets hit the base. ran our missions from there. (Letter Home) Cleared Dispensary, Re-up NCO, Supply, Sunday, December 19, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den. Avionics till 9 then on detail picking up pre-fab bunker at Long Binh, Tuesday, August 10, 1971 Long Thanh North 's were killed and 36 wounded in the shelling. More rocket attack damage. No mail (Letter Home) Spent whole day at China Beach, Saturday, February 20, 1971 Da Nang R&U building APO This photo was taken of a Vietnamese Air Force pilot flying an A-37 on a ground support mission. Deskin = not sure what he did but he bunked with me for a while. Nng Air Base: 366th SPS, photos by Glen H. Myers. 1971. - VSPA Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 | Upper Grand Lagoon FL (Letter Home) (Letter Home) usually stayed at the 37th Signal Battalion compound OFF, Monday, November 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Re-rigged 038, 013. Avionic and checking radio banks Took a roll of slide film to Gunfighter PX, Wednesday, February 17, 1971 Da Nang Replace radars in two planes, Saturday, May 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Photo was given to me. Saw band "Nitwits" at RPI, Monday, March 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) July 1967, Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force, . West German . Asked Skaggs about permanent tower guard, Wednesday, September 29, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den Rocket Attack on Danang - The New York Times I experienced rocket attacks, an ammunition dump explosion, total boredom, drug busts, police raids, China Beach, and the birth of my daughter, Rebecca. 3 G.I.'s Are Reported Killed By Enemy Shells at Danang Nha Trang = airfield BX before the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ], BX after the rocket attack [ Rod Carbone photo ], Rocket damage to a C-130 January 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], This is a picture I took of Bill Camus 366ams 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo (Letter Home) Got pictures back from PX and mailed them home, Tuesday, February 16, 1971 Da Nang Moss = I forget whether he was a Radio operator or crew chief. PDF Attack on Da Nang Air Base, RVN, by Monty Moore Went to Vung Tau by way of Can Tho and Binh Tuy to pick up 3 radio racks, Tuesday, August 3, 1971 Da Nang Claybough, Kadramas, Obrient, Cheney, Skoog went south on 009 and 061 Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. Steve Lachance, motion picture officer Capt. Was guide-on bearer for change of command ceremony (Letter Home) Thursday, March 4, 1971 Da Nang All of them are unknown. Put tags on relay banks, Saturday, August 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Terms Photo #3 ( Nng AB): Me on the M60. Son Nhut Airspace. Marble Mountain Air Facility - Wikipedia Clark Air Base, Philippines. China Beach, standby till Friday. Guard duty, Sunday, July 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Rigged 009, Sunday, October 24, 1971 Long Thanh North, Pleiku I grabbed my camera and ran outside to document the attack. 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. The Flightline, Funny Money, Rocket shrapnel. Skoog = crew chief Mission never started We started flying this morning at 1 am, put back on standby at noon, I Worked on Satellite 679 and061 this morning, Monday, May 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) identified the aircraft and were Nng CSC in 1971. Here are general views of wrecked C 130s, on July 25th, following a Viet Cong rocket attack of Danang air base. To see images from a return visit to Vietnam in 2006 click here. A motion picture (mopic) crew from the 600th Photo Squadron prepares to shoot some footage in Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. OFF, Wednesday, December 15, 1971 Long Thanh North Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang Went to Long Binh, got a ride on an APC Friday, October 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Put roll of slide film in Gunfighter PX, Friday, March 5, 1971 Da Nang, Phu Bai (Letter Home) Sgt. Band at Club (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Reparied mike cord on 420 (Letter Home) amps Worked till 3 am Sunday on Satellite 038 and 000 up 7 pm Sent three banks out got three more, Friday, July 30, 1971 Vung Tau Satellite 000 Pictures of Danang 10. Got pictures back from Wards and mailed them home (Letter Home) Headcount, Saturday, December 4, 1971 Long Thanh North Keyed guns for mission starting 6 am, Monday, April 5, 1971 Da Nang Pictures of Danang 11. . (Letter Home) These airmen worked very long hours to keep the planes repaired and in the air. the Army too! Shipped to Da Nang Got 3 new bad banks today Washed clothes at officers quarters Electric off in hanger all day [ Rod Carbone photo ], Taken of me in a f-4 Danang 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], Took this one out on the flightline Dec. 1971 [ Rod Carbone photo ], Gunfighter PilotsDec.1971 The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. (Letter Home) Went to Long Binh to pick up TDY pay, $148.38, Thursday, April 15, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) The gun pod innovation and the MiG kills that followed earned the wing the nickname it carries today, the Gunfighters. During this period, the wing earned a. Village [ Rod Carbone photo ], Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 (Letter Home) Quit 7 pm, Friday, October 22, 1971 Long Thanh North No mail 10,000 ft. above Nui Ba Den Mountain(Letter Home) (Letter Home) Arriflexes. Got 220 line, also got rectifier from Long Thanh Arrived at 10:30, 1 mission 2 hrs. (Letter Home) Missed USO show at 5 pm (Letter Home) . (Letter Home) Installed FM controller head, transponder and Night Shift Avionics. Night Shift Avionics The Sequence number refers to the sequence number assigned to all attacks on ten primary US Air Force operating bases in Vietnam. Rocket attack, Tuesday, April 27, 1971 Da Nang Need HYL-3 Supposed to ship to Da Nang tomorrow morning Stream Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - SoundCloud As you can see we had it pretty rough. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. 1 mission 4 hrs. mission cancelled, keyed guns, Wednesday, March 31, 1971 Da Nang To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau MACV club, Sunday, September 19, 1971 Da Nang, Hue and AO, Long Thanh could be installed side by side in the plane. (Letter Home) OFF 1 mission 4 hrs. Nng AB It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. Rocket attack midnight, Monday, June 7, 1971 Da Nang 12 AMERICANS DIE IN ROCKET ATTACK ON DANANG BASE; 40 Wounded and 6 Satellite XXX = refers to various U-21 aircraft used and maintained by our An army tank driver near the Cambodian border. 1 hr. Nng CSC in 1971. It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. mailed film to Kodak, Tuesday, November 2, 1971 Long Thanh North and was home and mustered out of the Army within a few days. Clipping found in Del Rio News Herald in Del Rio, Texas on Jul 5, 1971. Flew CE on 000 These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. Tower guard 6 am to noon (Letter Home) Band at RPI tonight 1 mission - 5 hours, up at 6 pm, Tuesday, February 2, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Got all but one bank working (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Headcount, Thursday, December 9, 1971 Long Thanh North On the night of 28 March General Trng received intelligence that an all-out PAVN assault against the city would commence the next morning and he decided to abandon Da Nang and ordered his forces to move to beaches for evacuation by sea. Burm detail By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. Attacks on Da Nang Air Base (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Shortly after this photo was taken we were escorted to the base commander by the air police. Those two banks didn't work this morning, blew fuses in 6 RT's 30 min. Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by, http://www.redhorseassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=3722.0. 1 mission - 4 hrs. Carlson and Krieder came Ordered slide projector and stuff from PATC and ATC, Tuesday, June 15, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 009, 4 hr 45 min. Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Arrived Vung Tau Duff off Marble Mountain Kadremas = radio relay operator Claybough = radio relay operator Tuy Hoa = airfield OFF, rode shotgun on truck to Long Binh This is My, our hut maid. (Letter Home) Fixed Wing Losses Due to Air Base Attacks - Vietnam Air Losses Had rain all afternoon, Friday, September 24, 1971 Long Thanh North Test flight 009 for pictures Return to Rick's Home Page. (Letter Home) 1971 Long Thanh North Went HOT 9 am, on station 10:30 am Kelm came back up, Saturday, April 3, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) finished roll of slide film, Sunday, March 28, 1971 Da Nang Got batteries and mail, Thursday, July 29, 1971 Vung Tau Each day if there was something worth recording it made into the little RRT Successful Got materials for USAFI course today (oceanography) 1 mission 009 5 hr 10 min. Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission, DCS, 013 1 hr. Photo #5 ( Nng AB): Me on an APC. The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail OFF, Monday, August 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. Duff and Kelm went to Da Nang this morning, Tuesday, April 20, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) * The first attack was made by both mortars and sappers. Cleaned weapon Noon to 6 pm guard duty Rained at 1 pm 1 mission, RR 027 4 hr. (Letter Home) Got 28 letters today, Friday, February 26, 1971 Long Thanh North Mission on standby, Friday, October 15, 1971 Long Than North De-rigged 038, Monday, June 14, 1971 Long Thanh North China Beach (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Pictures of Danang 9. Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. Didn't get payed All rights Sent $500 home (Letter Home) Send letter to gran 1 mission, 5 hours, up at 10 am, put on standby, Thursday, February 4, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Kelm and I came back at 2 pm, left Da Nang, stopped at Marble Mountain, Saturday, May 8, 1971 Long Thanh North out of 027, Thursday, May 27, 1971 Long Thanh North Checked some more problems with racks Was supposed to go north today but Kelm and Duff came back down Caught some rays on the bunker, OFF, Monday, September 6, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Naval Academy, and made a career in naval intelligence. to work in radio relay on planes, Sunday, Jan 31, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Flew back to Long Thanh this afternoon (Letter Home) mission cancelled for tonight 30 min. The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) Saturday, June 5, 1971 Da Nang Long Thanh North = Army airbase of same name and home base of 2nd Saw 'A new leaf' at MAFC PFC = Private First Class rank Went to Long Binh and put in for TDY to Nha Trang, Vung Tau and Da Nang, Sunday, September 5, 1971 Long Thanh North Friday, February 12, 1971 Da Nang 15 min. Danang pictures index - 366th TFW (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Davis took them to Phu Loi this afternoon. (Letter Home) wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:16:08 -0800, "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <, Warning! Finished reading 'Earth Tool Kit', Monday, August 30, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Brought back two banks ** The first two attacks on DaNang were by mortars. SoundCloud Rocket Attack In Danang, Vietnam - 8 April 1970 by shampoocell published on 2011-07-20T19:49 . Shows a night time Vietcong rocket attack, just after midnight, July 15, 1967, on the United States Air Force flight line and barracks areas at the Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam. and a few days later I also confirmed that I'd be getting a 179 day Christmas (Letter Home) (Letter Home) By truck to Aviation Detachment of 2nd Signal Group, Long Thanh Airbase, (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Put transponder in 836 today, Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Half day off Left Ft. Dix 8:00, Tuesday, Jan 26, 1971 Bien Hoa Photo #1 ( Nng AB): Took off morning, avionics afternoon Saigon = Saigon Mission kicked off 9 missions, 009, 1 hr. Had to hitchhike to personnel R&U detail building APO (post office) Just after midnight on July 15, the first rockets were fired at the airbase. (Letter Home) Sgt. page 7 pm stopped at Hue/Phu Bai, Monday, September 13, 1971 Da Nang Practice alert this evening, Thursday, April 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Attempted repair Got magazines in mail today, Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Da Nang Guard duty, Sunday, July 4, 1971 Long Thanh North Saturday, October 2, 1971 Long Thanh North TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Saw 'Alices Restaurant" at MC (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission 009, 45 min. (Letter Home) Left 0800 this morning Rocket attacks in 1972 Da Nang Vietnam Civilians didn't show today Radio Relay It was very heavily fortified and had a great air conditioning system which was a welcome luxury. Da Nang Air Base : Sapper & Rocket Attacks During The Vietnam War up 1:30 PM 061 Beginning in May 1972, the forces of the USAF were drawn down at Da Nang. (Letter Home) Going to Vung Tau tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13, 1971 Vung Tau Night shift avionics, Tuesday, November 30, 1971 Long Thanh North Vietcong rocket attack on the U.S. Da Nang Airbase in Vietnam HD Stock HF = High frequency radio Got some sun on the bunker outside, Tuesday, September 14, 1971 Da Nang Band at RPI Waiting, Saturday, December 25, 1971 Da Nang No plane with supplies 000 Me to Da Nang in 038 Saw movie "Norwood" at RPI, Thursday, April 29, 1971 Da Nang 30 min. Unbelievable since I had already started processing out. Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. 366th Security Police K-9. Sgt. Night Shift Avionics We were flying inverted to take this photo. Saw "The Best House in London" at RPI, Monday, February 22, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Put 2 mike cords in choppers, Tuesday, May 11, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh Supposed to have a mission tomorrow AM to Da Nang or Binh Tuy, Sunday, August 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Off morning, Col. Dickerson to come inspect tomorrow (Letter Home) Saw "Boatnicks" at RPI No good banks yet, Thursday, July 15, 1971 Vung Tau Standby up 7 am OFF, Monday, October 18, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) DANANG AIRBASE, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM - william-liddell.com Will open in a new window. (Letter Home) Got mail, Friday, May 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount, Friday, December 3, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Burm detail laying concertina wire (Letter Home) Got payed $348 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Went to Vung Tau and hit beach Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. The New York Times Archives. In-processing at Long Binh till 3 am, on detail at supply till 3:30 am, Thursday, Jan 28, 1971 Long Binh It was a dirty, wet, miserable job repairing the aluminum-plated runway under fire at the Khe Sanh marine base in northwestern Vietnam. Signed out Replaced fuel cell in 027 [ Rod Carbone photo ], A "Jolly Green Giant" Danang 1972 Started this evening as headcount, Thursday, December 2, 1971 Long Thanh North Arrived Bien Hoa, Vietnam 10:30 pm, Wednesday, Jan 27, 1971 Long Binh unit. One of the four crewmen was hurt in the crashes. Saw 'The body stealers' at RPI, Thursday, September 2, 1971 Da Nang Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. (Letter Home) Me on my bunk. China Beach, Saturday, May 1, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Had picture taken for flight record USO show in afternoon (Letter Home) associated electronics that functioned as a relay unit. (Letter Home) No fly, standby Avionics, Saturday, October 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Anyone can read what you share. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. 1 mission, 2 hrs, Satellite 000 Headcount, Monday, December 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Duff = radio relay operator These photos were taken from the back seat of another F-4. Keyed crypto guns this morning ), Monday, December 20, 1971 Long Thanh North Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North OFF Pete's Site - Vietnam Portfolio, 1970-1971 Monday, Jan 25, 1971 USA Standby till Monday Behind her is the area that we referred to as "Dog Patch.". I (Letter Home) Got one set of banks working (Letter Home) Keyed guns, put floor mike switch in 061, Put UHF control head in 009, Saturday, May 22, 1971 Long Thanh North ABC news covering the rocket attack July 5 1971 on Gunfighter China Beach today 30 min 073, Thursday, August 19, 1971 Da Nang A formation of F-100s of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the ancient Cham temple south of their base at Phan Rang. Saw "Fools" at MAFC, Tuesday, August 24, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) [CBS] Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger is in South Vietnam; Vice President Spiro Agnew is in Singapore. Picked up TDY to Vung Tau and Nha Trang Saw movie "the Adventurer" at Gunfighter Off morning Supposed to fly radio check but didn't (Letter Home) 2009. Had a little OJT today. DA NANG A.B. Vietnam Rocket City 1971-1972 (Letter Home) Supposed to ship Saturday