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Show HILL TOP TIMES 1961 iv 2, Page 21 USAF Vietnam Battle Report . Human Bomb Crippled Explo- - Tuv Hoa AB v 'Down Under' Beret C-7- A Hostile fire and the lack of regular structural repair equipment did not prevent a team from the 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing at Cam Ranh Bay AB, Vietnam, from patching a Caribou. crippled The airmen flew into g to repair the Caribou after it had received ground fire while landing at the camp on a resupply mission. After taking ground fire, the had careened across two drainage ditches, shearing the left main landing gear at the wing spar and crushing the front gear into the nose 12-m- Robert T. Hoskms B.Euhrman 431st Sergeants Jnton Sard a D. Squad-ro- Maintenance Munitions C-7- A Duc-Phon- n, two hours disarmi- worked an ng the mine. mine and several pounds explosive were strapped the VC's body. The huwas anchored to a man bomb the 'bay. blloy in The C-7- described Sergeant Hoskins the mine and plastic explosive as which was packed around it A Two New Zealand Army of- ficers visited Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam, to thank members of the 3rd Special Operations Squadron AC-4- 7 Dragonship crew who assisted them when their base camp 15 miles southeast of Bien Hoa came under attack. They presented a "down under" beret to the unit in appreciation. The AC-4- 7 crew was credited with breaking off the attack on the New Zealanders' camp according to Capt. Brian Cudby from one of the two New Zealand companies attached to the Australian task froce in enough to heavily "powerful damage or sink almost any ship bay" in the Aircraft Fuel element in A vital aircraft of the 31st flying is the task Fuels Laboratory. Vietnam, Base MAN Sgt. Lonnie G. Conner, member of Air Force pararescue team at Binh Thuy AB, Vietnam, prepares to make an overwater jump. WELL-DRESSE- of technicians white-cla- d The AFNS PHOTO at Tuy Hoa AB, Fighter Wing the keeping Tactical chemists with their are test tubes and beakers part of the Quality Control and Inspectino Section of. the 31st D resembling a series of all fuel used perform They checks on regular aircraft, according1 to base Jack Little, noncommissi- TSgt. oned of the officer-in-charg- e section. "We are also responsible for checking: aviation gasoline used in helicopters and stationed here," he added. Tests determine amounts of water and sediment in the fuel. The final test is a chemical reaction process to determine the icing inhibitor content of JP-- 4 three-ma- HH-4- n 3 jet fuel. Even the fuel contained in the squadron's 5,000 gallon refueling trucks must be periodically scrutinized by the section w water and sediment. Sergeant Little is assisted SSgt. Jim Ulery and Sgt. kne Voorhis B-5- 2, r UNC0LNS i j JVt ON 191j' 4 wo. AC SAVE ON MI J -- 1776 $872 MI 1725 ON !!' k loo4d AC . MI M- - 4 AC. i;;i COUGARS r rceca SAVE ON 1724 II SAVE ON CARS. A $622 EXECUTIVE SAV GOOD SELECTION. ON $913 1723 $812 1829 SAVE ON SAVE ON 190S SWH MERCURYS $1,232 I ' A IOV7 MILEAGE WwNS.RATC ON $623 $1,742 WE CAM SAVE SAVE 1092 $913 c InM. AGAIN lity The program has proved itself through the years by producing top grade, professional In Southeast Asia, crews. where the command has taken on a conventional role, crews remain capable of performing SAC's primary mission of worldwide deterrence. MONTEGOS $712 MI cs inter-changeabi- LAKE's annual 1954 ON SAVE IM J't With each of the command's wings participating, crews keep on parallel training and thereby insure the crew that is paying dividends in the Western Pacific. DEMO RAMA $1602 4rt ficiency. 5, IT'S ! At all times during this training, crews are carefully scrutinized by qualified instructor personnel to insure a high degree of training pro- Strategic C-4- 7s Van missile force. Crews are required to accomplish prescribed, yearly objectives to keep proficient in their particular job and aircraft. 'It is gratifying to see that I can use a spare navigator from a 99th Bomb Wing crew with a crew from the 306th Bomb Wing and they function like a team that has been flying together for ten years," said Brig. Gen. R. M. Hoban, commander, 4258th Strategic Wing. He was referring to Air Command's standardization and evaluation program. The program was established in the early years of the command as a means of monitoring aircrew reliability and training. This reliability was to be achieved through standardization of all training throughout the command. The program sets up exacting training procedures for crew members assigned to SAC's various weapons systems KC-13SR-7- 1 and the Squadron. Supply by Standardization is 1813 $1,051 SAVE ON I ill iW I 1526 $1,382 GIVE HER IN 1 Catalina1 . COOL SUMMERY KNITS 1 ... 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