Wil Sanchez Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 It's time to play Herkybirds favorite game "Name That Place". Study the following 2 photos and see if you recognize this palce. Good Luck. Wil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INS/Dopplertroop Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) CCKAB Chow Hall with three cute "shou-cheas" ready to sweep up the trays. Is it my imagination or do "all" the dudes have those big black-framed Air Force issues glasses on? Edited November 25, 2009 by INS/Dopplertroop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 DITTO, Chow hall CCK AB TAIWAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) Man, that chow-hall pic sure brings back memories! Mostly "midnight chow" !!! All the SOS you could eat!!!! It was good too! My favorite was SOS over toast and fried eggs. And of course, all the milk you could drink! I don't remember seeing any of the girls working there at that time of day though! Thanks for the picture Will, Ken PS I had a pair of those cool black rimmed issue glasses! Edited November 26, 2009 by Mt.crewchief Glasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Sanchez Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Wow 3 replies and 3 winners. I can remember 1 day I worked a 14 hour shift and I got to eat 4 times that day. I think it was August of 1970. The Chief of Maintenence had disqualified all of the FMS enigne run qualified troops. There had been a large rotation of 50th personnel and we had a lot of 2 stripers on the Flight Line. There were2 of us in the 50th that were engine run qualified. They put me on a 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM shift. They put the other person on the 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM shift. when I showed up at 6:00 they had my night planned out. The Maint. truck would meet me at the assembly hangar and we would begin a fun evening of Engine runs, tows and refuel/ defuels. At around 9:00 they would take me to the flight line snack bar for about 15 min break. At 12:00 they would haul me to the Chow Hall for a 30 min. meal. About 3:00 they would haul me over to the Flt Line snack bar again. There were several days when we overlapped about an hour or 2. This went on for about 3 weeks before they had enough engine run troops to put us back on a regular shift. I'll find some more pics and we'll play again. Take care and have a great Thanksgiving, you have all earned it. Wil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Okay, heres my wunnerfull contribution to "Name That Place" Game. (this was all the "Fun" I had for almost a year, and forget chicks) Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donwon Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Was that Luke AFB before Pheonex grew up around it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Yuma, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F106A Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 A very early photo of Al Ain in UAE. Took me awhile to find that one, but I knew it had to be somewhere in the gulf! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Nope, Luke was a dense jungle compared to that place. RZ Hill knows where this is, dont you RZ. I dont remember how high we were when I took the pic but we were on a random steep from FL380:D I will spill the beans soon if nobody guesses it. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaprad Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Looks like an early Al Udeid, before they built anything there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F106A Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) I will spill the beans soon if nobody guesses it. Dan I thought I got it right! Oh. I meant to ask. "FL380"???? Obviously not a Herk. Mark Edited November 28, 2009 by F106A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Oh I don't know, we had a Herc at FL425 coming back from an overwater at LRF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EClark Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 With all the turnabouts in the streets it has to be overseas I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 A very early photo of Al Ain in UAE. Took me awhile to find that one, but I knew it had to be somewhere in the gulf! Bingo Mark, you hit it on the head:D (no idea why I missed your post before I posted again last night). Yes FL380, with a -7 pig no less, it was great, we managed to steal a little rock plane that had just came out of refurb. AL Ain in Oct of 90, it is so high up you cant even see our hooches. It was fun when we got there, took over the airfield before it was even completed. No runway lights, no approach lights no lights period, not even cultural lights. So when you came in at night with no moon yet it was pitch black, sat there one night and watched a 141 go missed approach 5 times before the said screw it an left. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarrett Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 The pic with the Buffs, Utapao? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Definitely U-Tapao - we were on base leg with a tanker on short final. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZHill Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 What fun place, I can see the prospective location of the road that I put the speedbump ditch across. Sure was a long 10 months. Rz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Some of the Naha and CCK guys will know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Appears to be a place where I'm sure many of us spent a lot of time while in Viet Nam. I got to visit Herky Hill at CRB for 33 months. A consecutive overseas tour from Naha to CCK made that possible!!! I will post a pic of some of the gals that worked there soon. Ken Carlson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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