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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 34 June in.. 13tJ3 US AF Vietnam Battle Rep Gunship Aircrews Due Lap, a remote Vietnam- outpost perched atop a hill of red clay near the Cambodian border, was revisited by fliers from the 14th Special Operations Wing. It was the first time the aircrews had been back to the outpost since they helped fight off human wave assaults by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops last year. Memories were still vivid of the ese 11-d- ay that resulted in the placements were happy about the Air Force's continuing night cover support. "The enemy learned their lesson last time," said Capt. Eric F. Aberg, senior American advisor. "They're not anxious to get it again." Third Unit Award A third red, white and blue streamer of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award was added to the flagstaff of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing by Gen. Louis T. Seith, depdeaths of 776 enemy soldiers. Maj. commander of Seventh Air "I thought we were alone uty Air Force. ForceThirteenth when it all started," said Army was The award presented to Sgt. W. L. Collins, the camp's TFW for "distin388th batthe radio operator, after the itself had I by exceptionaltle. "But out of the blue, guishing in milservice meritorious the whole Air Force protecting ly coninvolving me." itary operations armed AC-4an with flict 7 and opposing The 14th Wing's helicopter gunships fired 714,-00- 0 force, from July 1, 1967, to rounds of minigun am- June 30, 1968." It was the munition into enemy troop third such award to the 388th concentrations during nine for Southeast Asia combat operations since it was activated days. the Although many of siege at Korat RTAFB. Thailand, veterans had rotated, their re April 9, 1966. siege Arms Uncovered Phan Rang AB civil engineers assisted local Vietnamese farmers in dredging 1,000 feet of irrigation canal near the base and, in the process, uncovered an ammunition cache. Province official asked the Air Force to assist in removing heavy debris from the canal bottom. The trash was impeding the flow of water so essential to agriculture in this semiarid region of Vietnam. Since the base also uses the nonpotable canal water for varied purposes, base officials were glad to cooperate in the joint effort. The canal was inspected by members of the 35th Civil Engineering Squadron. Since most of the area was inaccessible to a crane with dredging bucket, MSgt. Earlie D. Vick-er- y decided to tackle the task with a bulldozer. While removing about two feet of debris from one section of the canal, he uncovered the ammunition. The base Explc-sivOrdnance Disposal team was called and found 44 mortar rounds of varied types, five claymore mines, three 57mm recoilless rifle rounds, a hand shoulder-fire- d 2 grenade, an rocket warhead and launcher, about 1,500 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and nearly 200 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition. e M-7- StuY Weather To a pilot, not be just -- wod??2 For safety's sake h. have detailed, Ports of the weather,! throufhout his Vietnamese nilnto ... fag improved weather reS" thanks in nQl n . TV. iue 4.1 . J i . uetaenmpnt n, --- . ton un wmr wun members of the Force Advisory Team 6 conducting a trainS J 12-we- program for weather observe of the Vienamese Air Force. Students learn to operate data collecting equipment, ten. perature dewpoint indicator aneroid barometer.' . . ing indicator, and system 1 I 7V Toi-- p f you THAT YOU WERe wil a for tran- smitting essential data to rrounding bases. To reduce the language students also su- bar-rie- attend short class a in English, which them gives understanding of technical weather terms as wel as conversational mm words. St- who attended weather school in the United States serve as interpreters and assistant trainers Conducting the program is TSgt. Dan Casey, a veteran of 21 years in Air Weather Serv ice assignments. udents Returns to Phan ri--mm-z- i.16" The 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron is back "home" after 10 months at Phu Cat AB, Vietnam. The 612th returned to Phan Rang AB, and the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing. The 612th arrived from JPhan apan to begin its tour at 1966. 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