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Biff_T Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I'm celebrating these warriors this weekend. Gone but not forgotten! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Biff_T Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 https://theaviationgeekclub.com/that-time-a-kc-135-stratotanker-crew-crossed-vietnam-dmz-and-went-into-a-dive-to-refuel-a-flamed-out-f-105-thunderchief/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeremiahWeed Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I was traveling last Friday and was kind of tuned out. A week late but……19 Jan was the 33rd anniversary of my first combat mission in DS and the kills #3 and I (#4) got that day while escorting the strike package. 1300z, day mission, 2x Mirage F-1s. AIM-7s. It was a good day. 😜 17 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff_T Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 https://www.military.com/history/2024/01/26/first-medal-of-honor-recipient-of-vietnam-war-dies-age-89.html?amp= 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 For this upcoming Friday... On 6 Feb 1991, then-Capt Robert Swain Jr. of the Air Force Reserve’s 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron (pictured above as a colonel at his fini flight) made the first air-to-air kill in an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Operation DESERT STORM. The event, depicted in art below, began after Swain was attacking Iraqi tanks on the ground and noticed two distant objects flying further afield. After one of his wing-men marked these two Iraqi Bo-105c helicopters with smoke rounds, Swain flew in to try and take them down with missile fire. When he realized the helos were too small to lock onto with his Maverick missiles, he switched to the A-10’s 30mm nose-mounted cannon, the GAU-8/A Avenger, and successfully took one of the helicopters down that way. At retirement—as the 439th Airlift Wing commander—Swain had flown more than 3,500 hours and 51 combat missions. (Photos: USAF; Artwork by 2nd Lt Katie “Kat” L. Justen) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 One of my favorite parts of that story was their squadron commander calling an Eagle squadron commander up there who's squadron hadn't gotten any kills yet (through no fault of their own) and offered to come by and give some advice on air to air work. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Biff_T Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458942/2003-operation-iraqi-freedom/ I flew into Iraq for the first time on March 20, 2003. SrA Biff in a KC-10A refueling some fighters at night in EMCON 4. We (USAF) did a good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff_T Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-restoration-of-b-26-marauder-flak-bait-the-only-us-warplane-to-survive-200-bombing-missions-during-world-war-ii/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff_T Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 21 years ago. https://skytrailer.nl/memorial/capt-eric-b-das/ https://skytrailer.nl/memorial/lt-col-william-r-watkins-iii/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fire4effect Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Very distant relative. I remember hearing the story a long time ago as a kid. Randomly a couple days ago I called and thought to get clarity from another family member and found this. After my own service it takes on a whole new meaning. We had a great discussion how in 1949 when 12 O'clock High came out no one wanted to see or discuss the movie because the feelings were still so raw in the family. Only child. Yesterday I noticed today would have been his 100th birthday. Lt. Dunn and Crew Marshall Clyde Dunn was born on April 20, 1924, in Wichita County, Texas. He was the son of Clyde Stanley Dunn and Merle Sheldon Dunn. He was a graduate of the Electra High School and was a member of the band. He was attending Texas A & M when he enlisted in the Army Air Force. Marshall entered the service in February 1943 and had been overseas in October 1944. He served in the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on the B-17G #43-38699 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on February 6, 1945, when his airplane was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17G #43-38167 over France. That day, his crew took off from airfield station 134 in Eye, England, for a strategic mission to Chemnitz, Germany. Upon reaching 17,000 feet, his plane collided with B-17G #43-38167 piloted by Lt Schoenfield and crashed near Mittersheim. This resulted in the death of seven members of his crew; 3 survived and recovered. Sgt Johnston, who jumped around 3000 feet, indicated that the survivors were transferred to Nancy, then to Vittel, returned to Nancy, then Paris by rail, and finally returned to the UK in C-47 on February 11, 1945. 1Lt Dunn is now buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA. Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38699: Dunn, Marshall C ~ 1st Lt, Pilot Philley, Jack O ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot Baland, Helmer O ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator Horton, Fred H ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner Mayhew, Donald R ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, NY McKinney, Clarence H ~ T/Sgt, Mechanic Mulvihill, Edward J ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier The survivors were SSgt Dean R. Smith, SSgt George A. Naifeh, and SSgt Osvil F. Johnston. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff_T Posted Sunday at 09:33 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:33 PM 22 hours ago, fire4effect said: Lt. Dunn and Crew 🍺 For Lt Dunn and his crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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