Can anyone list the ships involved (from an aviation standpoint)? USS Anchorage (LSD-36) SU#2 H&MS-36 USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) Prov MAG-39 USS Du...
According to 1st MAW Command Chronology (Mar 66 Appendix 25) YP-1, YP-8 were downed 10 Mar; YP-21 went down 11 Mar.
There was only one USMC CH-34 lost on 9Mar so this must be the same one. The UH-34D shot down on 9 Mar was from HMM-263. It was on a med-evac and wa...
Thunderbirds...Nothing on the Blue Angels?? They're at K-Bay that weekend.
154803 from HMM-165 was the aircraft that brought out the Ambassador, but the last helo out was from HMM-164, which brought the ground security force ...
The 1st MAW Command Chronologies from about 1965 to 68 often had a repro of the Wing Status Board which showed each squadron and its assigned callsign...
Thanks Bill! That's exactly the info I was looking for. AHs joined HMM-262 and then the AH's went to Pendleton or OkinowaI think they may have gone...
HMM-263 supported these Operations (Source: 263 Command Chronologies Jul 66-Sept 67) Prairie Hastings Colorado Pawnee Mississippi Cleve...
According to the H&MS-36 Command Chronology for Jul-Dec 1973, "20 August - One CH-46 of H&MS-36, SU#2, Atsugi, Japan, crashed while on final approach ...
There's some historical info on the HMM-262 website: HMM-262 History The squadron has had the following designations: HMR-262 1 Sept 1952-31 D...
From Joe Baugher's site: Boeing Vertol CH-46D Sea Knight 152573 w/o Feb 10, 1977 No indication which squadron it was with.
The were two Yankee Stations. One was the outpost near Con Thien. There is a reference to it in the Command Chronology of 2/1 for Jan 68: "In addition...
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3 Dec 06 (HMM-165) CH-46E landed in water. Passengers and Crew Chiefs exited into water prior to aircraft water entry. One Fatal Injury to passenger, ...
MABS-17 was based at Iwakuni before and after deploying to Vietnam. MABS-17 served in RVN from Sept 1966 to Aug 1970 and was based at Da Nang. The sq...
Can anyone relate stories to me on how many missions were flow by CH-46D crews to effect the evacuation According to info compiled by PMAG-39 and ci...
HUPs, UH/VH-1Ds, and UH-2s After checking the "Allowances and Location of Navy Aircraft" for 1956-64, posted online by the Naval Historical Cente...
HMH-462 Unit Awards for Vietnam: Meritorious Unit Commendation 1 Sept 68 - 1 Mar 69 Meritorious Unit Commendation 12 April 75 (Cmdr, 7th Fleet) ...
AN/ALE-39 countermeasures dispenser
Where was MAG 11 and what kind of A/C did they fly? MAG-11 Da Nang Dec 1967 H&MS-11 3 TA-4F, 1 C-117D VMCJ-1 8 EF-10B, 9 RF-4B. 4 EA-6A VMFA-1...
All the HMA-369 Command Chronologies for the MARHUK operation and some of the 1973-75 period are online at the Virtual Vietnam Archive. Go to the Sear...
According to current regs (MCO P1020.34G, Chapt 4, para 4002) you can't wear both at the same time: j. When two Navy/Marine Corps aviation insig...