I'm looking at the patch of the 26th Marines. They have a banner on the bottom with the motto: THE PROFESSIONALS
Do you know what type aircraft: UH-1, UH-34, CH-46? That would help because there are records of what squadrons were in country, and what area they w...
As you can see from the '69 photo; the UH-1E gunships had the cargo doors removed.
There is only one correct answer to how this could be; she served in Vietnam as a male. I know for a fact that there was one Army pilot who had the s...
The stars on the Air Medals were for single mission Air Medals. There should be numbers example: 200 missions = 10 Air Medals. I don't see any numbe...
I was stationed at NAS Meridian, MS in 1973 when the first Navy female officer was selected to start flight school. It was a few years later that the...
Happy Brithday, Mr. President see you in Reno.
Starting a UH-1 was really easy: Battery On, Fuel On, Pull Starter Switch on Collective, I forget what the RPM was, but when yor reached right RPM and...
HML-267 had Ace of Spades painted on nose and aft pylon. The modex for HML-267 was UV which was also on aft pylon. On the Ace of Spades was also pai...
Check of my log book shows that I flew that aircraft # 151858 on the following dates: Sept. 19,1969, Oct. 8, 1969, Nov. 4 and Nov 6, 1969. At that ti...
In HML-167 in Vietnam all the cargo hooks, hoists had been removed from our aircraft. With a full load of fuel and ammo we were at max gross weight, ...
My mother was born on Nov. 10, 1923, and it may be hard to believe, but my father was born on June 6, 1921. Both important dates in U.S. History.
Hope to see you around for many more. Allyn
Naval Air Crew Wings: gold with anchor and AC in the center
Minimum crew for CH-47 is 3: two pilots and a flight engineer. In combat it should be 5 or 6 with addition of 2 door gunners, and in some cases a ramp...
Sent out newsletter to over 400 HML-167 Marines. I'll be there a few days before start of reunion. Robert Darling who lives in Reno is setting up ou...
Pat, sign up with the association and make it to Reno for the reunion. You'll be able to meet a lot of helo crewmen, and you might even run into some...
Every day we would send 2 CH-46's and 2 gunships either UH-1's Hueys from HML-167 or AH-1's Cobras from HML-367 to Baldy to support the 7th Marines. ...
Your right it is a "D" or "H" model UH-1.
Is this the General Armstrong that was CG of 1st MAW in Vietnam in 1970? I might be wrong, but I think that there was more than one Marine General wi...
The only hats I have are the black ones with: USMC COMBAT AIR CREW patch on the front. Here is my phone: 636-441-5623 if that is the cap you are look...
Found Orvis Rask: 140 First St. Spring Grove, MN 55974-1101, phone # 507-498-3047. He told me to have you give him a call.