bobdaley Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Does anyone know where in Viet Nam this was? I guessed Phan Rang but don't know. Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nascarpop Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Had revetments like that at CRB. Not sure, though. Most of those don't look like C-130 tails. I don't remember much more than 130's at CRB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Looks like a lot of C-123s there. Some with a RVN tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 The only place I ever saw more than a few C-123's like in the pic was at Qui Nohn, but I am sure there were no revetments there!! I have a few pics in my users gallery taken at Qui Nohn!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwylie Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Could it be Siagon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Looks like TSN to me, saw a VN 123 come taxin' in there one morning, goin' like bat outa hell, chopped the engines and proceeded to drive right into the the revetment wall.....mashed the nose damn near flat and about twenty of the little bastards came rollin out of everywhere on it, laughin' and hollerin' like they were at Six Flags......I remember thinkin' " And I'm over HERE, to help THAT?"""" That was probably some time in July, 72,,,,,,,,,,,,,Was it not there, also, somebody wrote on the walls"" We are the unwilling led by the incapable to do the impossible for the ungrateful??"" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jconner2 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Look at some of the airfields on google earth. a lot of the revetments are still visible. DaNang had some on both sides near the refueling area, but I think that's where the c-47 psych birds were and those aren't. I don't remember revetments for C-130's at Saigon or CRB in 67/68 but I'm old and CRS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HercMX Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) Looks like TSN in '70-'71... (Det 1, 834th AD) We had C-123's and Herc's on Charlie row at that time.. I had a 'liquid lock' on a R-2800 and bent a rod on the front row.. It looks like the present operators have cleaned up Charlie row... Just a few wrecked Herc's there now and all neatly lined up... (ATC tower seems in the wrong place) Jack............ Edited February 14, 2013 by HercMX Still looking at oix.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Look at some of the airfields on google earth. a lot of the revetments are still visible. DaNang had some on both sides near the refueling area, but I think that's where the c-47 psych birds were and those aren't. I don't remember revetments for C-130's at Saigon or CRB in 67/68 but I'm old and CRS. I don't think there were any (or many) revetments at CRB in 67. Maybe they were being built in 68! There were definitely revetments there in 69 and 70! Also, I do remember some revetments at TSN in 69 and 70 the few times I was there!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nascarpop Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I was a crew chief at CRB during '67 and '68 and there were revetments on one end of the parking ramp. Our 130's were almost always parked in revetments. Once in awhile we were parked on the end with no revetments. I hope this is correct, as it was a long time ago. CRS!!!! Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Yeah, this looks like TSN. Lots of c-123's flown (or at least taxied) by the south vietnamese. I dont ever remember seeing the 123's fly, but they sure taxied the heck out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insp807 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 If you haven't seen it, check out " A typical day at The Tan Son Nhut Airport in Saigon in 1968" on You Tube. Everything was there and a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamMcGowan Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It's Phan Rang. That's where the 315th Air Commando Wing, later Tactical Airlift Wing, was based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graywolf88 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 It's Phan Rang. That's where the 315th Air Commando Wing, later Tactical Airlift Wing, was based. Could be, but Rebel Row at TSN had revetments too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4enut Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I remember the C130A's being in revetments at CRB in 1968 when I was there as a Maintenance Officer from Naha and the 374th TAW. They built the wonder shelters at Danang when I was there in 1969 with F4's and the 366th TFW. Maintenance Officers did not stay with a type of aircraft for long I was with four differnet type along with a couple of ICBM's by the time I retired. Once in SAC you did not get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I remember the C130A's being in revetments at CRB in 1968 when I was there as a Maintenance Officer from Naha and the 374th TAW. They built the wonder shelters at Danang when I was there in 1969 with F4's and the 366th TFW. Maintenance Officers did not stay with a type of aircraft for long I was with four differnet type along with a couple of ICBM's by the time I retired. Once in SAC you did not get out. As I remember when I was at TSN in 1965/66, Rebel Ramp did not have revetments. I was also in SAC at K.I. Sawyer, MI. The phrase up there was "A suck for SAC is a blow for freedom." Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wukong Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 There were reventments on rebel row at Ton Son Nhut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 There were reventments on rebel row at Ton Son Nhut Could be. I just don't remember any revetments on Rebel Ramp back in 1965/1966. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graywolf88 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Could be. I just don't remember any revetments on Rebel Ramp back in 1965/1966. Don R. I was there 70-73 off and on. Not sure when the revetments were put in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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