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| <<< Fly-by over the flight line at Fort Benning
in 1965, when the units were getting ready to go back to Viet Nam. (Roger
C. Reetz) |
| >>> Bladders being tested before they were installed
in the aircraft we were to return to the states with in 1963. (Roger C.
Reetz) |
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| <<< Flight line in Vung Tau in 1963. Roger C.
Reetz, Mechanic 1St Aviation Company, Vung Tau |
| >>> Another shot of fly-by and flight line at Fort Benning.
(Roger C. Reetz) |
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| <<< Another shot of fly-by and flight line at
Fort Benning. (Roger C. Reetz) |
>>> 62-4173 (c/n #112) damaged it's nose gear at
a remote area and a field team went out and removed the gear installed
it in the hatch just behind the pilots. When they brought it in the
pilot held enough power to keep the nose gear up till they were all but
stopped and gently set it down. (Roger C.
Reetz) |
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| <<< One of the nose hangers used for some of
the more major maintenance at Vung Tau. (Roger C. Reetz) |
| >> Second nose hanger picture. (Roger C. Reetz) |
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| <<< Taken out cargo bay door on take off from
Saigon. (Roger C. Reetz) |
| >>> This shot is of the instrument panel after one of
our ships had been retrofit with the new weather radar. (Roger C.
Reetz) |
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| <<< Salvaged R2000 engine being cannibalized
for parts in Vung Tau. (Roger C. Reetz) |
| >>> Shot taken under wing of flight line at Vung Tau.
Notice the PSP ramp. (Roger C. Reetz) |
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| <<< Working on the R-2000 is Richard "Kim" Flora
a crewchief with the 1st Avn. Co in Viet Nam in 1963 (Richard Flora) |
| >>> Dan Stelzer and crew of the 51st Trans Det. work
on a 92nd Aviation Co. Caribou engine at Quin Nhon, RVN late 1965.
(Don Wisniewski - Mutza collection) |
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| <<< ARVN troops at a staging area in Ca Mau
on 2/25/63. In the background is Caribou 57-3080 (c/n #4) assigned to the
ARPA. It was the only Army Caribou in RVN to have an America flag on its
tail. (US Army photo from the collection of Ralph Young) |
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