MsgtRock

Back in the mid 1960's while stationed at Sewart AFB I remember reading a article in the Safety Magazine about a Crew Chief in the Azors who was trying to get some sticky tar off the bottom of the fuselage so he sprayed JP-4 on the fuselage using a low pressure air compressor. The next thing he knew the aircraft had caught on fire and was severely damaged.  A couple of months later returning from a TDY to Mildenhall AB, Eng, I passed through Lages AB, Azores, and happened to see that same aircraft resting on cradles in a hanger.  The fuselage was severely damaged, the aluminum was melted on the bottom of the fuselage and the landing gears were damaged.  Do you know if they ever repaired that aircraft and returned it to service ? 

On 8/5/2011 at 10:13 PM, Mt.crewchief said:

I was thinking about old times again the other day, and started wondering why I don't see any posts by guys from Tachikawa!! I used to hang around with some of them when we would meet up at CRB. This is when I was on A Models from Naha 1967-1969. At the time the C-130 inputs were A Models from Tachi and Naha, and B Models from PI.

I don't remember if the Tachi birds left CRB before I left Naha or not! I do know that they and the Naha A Models were not at CRB when I started going back to there from CCK in April 69.

I guess I am probably confusing people with my dumb questions, but I guess the real question is ---are there any Tachi troops here???

 

Thanks,

Ken

Ken

In 1965 when we first arrived at CCK they did not have any barracks built yet and we stayed in tents for a short period. We were sent TDY to Tachikawa Japan for 90 days and our birds flew their missions from there then finally we were returned to CCK and they had a few barracks for us.

Bill

On 5/12/2012 at 5:45 AM, DC10FE said:

I was just checking my bio to see if anything needed to be updated and I noticed something interesting. Of the 8 bases I have listed as being assigned to, 6 of them have closed. Another reason to make me feel old.

Don R.

I was stationed at both CCK and Sewart AFB, Ten, that have since been closed.

On 5/8/2012 at 11:02 PM, Mt.crewchief said:

Okay you Crew Chiefs/Maint. personnel here is a question that I need to have an answer for!! I might forget it by tomorrow!!!

Do any of you old CRB input or TDY guys remember when Herky Hill was built and put into use??

The reason I am asking is that my first trip/input to Viet Nam--Cam Rahn Bay, was in December 1967. While I was there, I stayed in a quanset on the main base!!

Not Herky Hill. Like I said, it was my first trip but I was with my crew chief (Willard) and assistant crew chief (Lafferty) so it wasn't their first! Every time I went to CRB for the next 3 years, I lived at Herky Hill.

I know some of you guys here on the forum were on inputs to CRB before me so where did you stay???

I do remember that in 67 all of the planes were A's and B's . And no revetments that I can remember. At least where we were parked.

 

Did any of you guys remember it as remember it or did we just stay in the wrong place?

 

Thanks for looking,

Ken

As a Primary Chrew Chief from mid 1969 thru mid 1970 I spent fifteen to twenty five days a month at Cam Rhan from Clark.  We always lived on Herky Hill, at least working ten hours o and ten off seven days a week and walking back and forth from the parking ramp, what little time off we had we spent on the Hill !!!

On 5/31/2015 at 5:20 PM, RomeoDelta said:

When I first got to McGuire AFB in the winter of 65, I was assigned to the 1613 OMS. We did all the maintenance on USAF marked C-130Es that were flown by the Navy. It was not a good combination. The Navy air crews beat the air planes up pretty bad. Upon return to McGuire the Navy crews just parked the C-130 and walked away, most didn't fill out the 781 logs. Most of their missions were to England or France. We later became the 438 OMS and as Vietnam geared up more and more air force flight crews started flying our C-130Es to Vietnam.

Howdy !!  Got to McGuire in 1963 and was assigned to the 1613 OMS but we didn't have any airplanes yet. For six months we spent eight hours a day in a nose dock reading Tech Orders (boy talk about exciting) anyway after a year of that joke I transferred to FMS, paint stripping C-118's that were being replaced by C-135's. Left McGuire in 1965 for a year in CCK.

Question for some of you old farts, like me !!  Do any of you remember a cartoon picture of a Viet Nam era C-130 all banged up with bandaids on the fuselage, a flat tire,  a crutch under one wing, a tong hanging from under the radome,  etc and a caption that said something like "Fly the Friendly Skies of Viet Nam Airlines" ???   I've been trying to find this picture so I can have it put on the back of my flight jacket.  I would appreciate any help. let me know at [email protected].

On 12/10/2009 at 10:14 AM, Fryguy said:

I was wondering if anyone has any info on a story about a crew chief taking off on one of the planes stationed at Mildenhall. I was stationed there 96-98 and that story surfaced. Any truth to that? Also, it was said that the plane was shot down. Thanks

 

Fryguy