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The 3rd TFW ROCAF at CCK AB, Taiwan has a ROC/USA Military Museum at the old CCK Base Chapel that shows the C-130 Basing of our C-130 units and other units that were stationed there temporarily. Attached are 2 new photos of the Chapel. These photos are from the TaipeiAirStation website at http://mirach.lunarpages.com/~taipe2/index.htm They are looking for more info and donation items from prior CCK personnel for exhibit at the museum. Sincerely Vince Acquaviva Jr

CCK Museum Needs Unit Patches The ROCAF office in charge of the new American Footprint Museum at CCK AFB has asked if we could provide copies or original patches of the units assigned at CCK.. They were looking for any of the 6217th patches when they called today. I Googled the 6217th USAF Hospital and found a copy of the Hospital Patch on a web page from a guy who was at CCK and worked at the hospital. Unfortunately, it is not a sharp photo and cannot be blown large enough for display. This is the largest I could get without it running into fading out unrecognizable colors. I think the bottom says Penduwm Curage? Obviously not the right spelling.... Can someone please clarify the wording on this Hospital patch. If you have any old patches or emblems from CCK, we need 1 from every US Military Unit at CCK from the 1950s when the base opened until we left. They will be displayed in the new museum. Please email me if you have anything, or can help us. [email protected] Thanks much...

Yes, There was a guy by the name of "Vinny". It was "ME", Vince Acquaviva from Willow Grove Air Reserve Station in Penna, and like I said before 63-7879 and 64-0497 were E-Flight aircraft when I was at CCK and later Clark before I discharged. Most of our E-Flight aircraft were "sanitized and the data plates were one of the items. It was great to work with the 374th again when we were at Thumrait during Desert Storm. Many people do not know that there are still Vietnam Vets still working on C-130's in the Air Force Reserve and Air Guard. I was able to see daily and photograph former E-Flight 63-7868 at Al-Udied during my Last Tour before I retired in 2007. Thanks for bring back some memories of working with the 374th again. Sincerely Vince Acquaviva (E-FltatCCK) former E-Flight and 913AW Willow Grove PA

Air America C-130's and E-Flt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I worked with Charlie Brewer,Fred Peffer,Randy Odette,Jim and Charlie Burnette,Pops Curfman,Tom"Lurch"Waryha, Chuck Manny. Mostly the C-130's that Air America were using were"BAILED" or lease from the USAF/21TAS at Naha and then CCK and then at Clark. We were not allowed to devulge any information on our mission or the places we went to. Until the Air Force came out with the information in the book"Airlift in South East Asia and also Air America on their web site talked about E-Flight and what we did that we were finally able to talk about this great job that the C-130's and the crews did. Being a former member of E-Flight at CCK and Clark the info that Air America Web Site states in the section of C-130E 's of E-Flight is "TRUE" ,down to the 5 Gray aircraft that we had including Tail numbers. Check out the Air America website at http://www.air-america.org and see Dr Leeker's report on Air America C-130 aircraft at this site http://www.utdallas.edu/library/collections/speccoll/Leeker/history/index.html The Bird Air section that was stated after in this section was mostly of an former Air Force and some former E-Flight personnel that were working for Cambodia relief and evac's. I am very PROUD what E-Flight and the C-130's did in NorthEast,EastAsia,South and South East Asia.and I was happy to be part of this. E-Flight Forever Sincerely Vince Acquaviva Jr ( E-Flight CCK and Clark )

Muff, I am happy to see that some military is getting recognition for Taiwan service.The US military should of never left Taiwan in 1979. Thank You "Jimmy Peanuts Carter"for that "Screwup". I was awarded the BOH in 2001 along with my Taiwan born wife that worked for the USAF and later USN. We are life members of the BOH and now are Jurisdiction Chairman for the DC,VA,MD,and Del areas for the 823 Badge of Honor Association even though we live in Southeastern Penna. We are very active in this Asso. We have about 5000 members and are looking for more members that were stationed in Taiwan or TDY "especially C-130" crews and maintenance that were at CCK AB. If interested please get in-touch with me or go on our website at http://www.taiwanvets.com Vince Acquaviva

Taiwan honors members of US Armed Forces Taiwan honors members of US Armed Forces •Publication Date：12/15/2009 •Source： China Times The Ministry of National Defense presented roughly 600 medals to members of the United States Armed Forces Dec.14, in recognition of the help and support given to Taiwan in the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot. Approximately 10 representatives from the U.S. Armed Forces attended the ceremony, as did William A. Stanton, director of the American Institute in Taiwan. “We would like to offer you our great thanks for your magnanimous assistance, given as if to a brother,” said Kao Hua-chu, minister of national defense. The 600 medals, which carried the words “In commemoration of the Typhoon Morakot rescue operations,” were handed out to all those who participated in the search and rescue operations. Close to 500 navy personnel were on board the USS Denver, an amphibious transport dock stationed off the coast of Taiwan during the humanitarian mission, said Legislator Lin Yu-fang, who also attended the ceremony. Other medal recipients included members of the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Military personnel stationed in Japan, representatives of AIT, as well as members of the U.S. Defense Department were also given medals, Lin added. One officer from the Pentagon made singular contributions to the Aug. 16-17 rescue operations, said Lin. He did not sleep for four straight days, because he had to keep in touch with the U.S. State and Defense departments by day, and at night he had to coordinate rescue operations with USPACOM, the Seventh Fleet and AIT. The medals have a flag of the Republic of China on them. At first the MND considered including a U.S. flag as well, as a symbol of the friendship between the two nations, Lin said. But the MND thought it would be too sensitive to do so, and in the end decided against it. “I am sure all the officers and military personnel who wear these medals will feel great pride that they participated in such a noble cause,” the legislator said. Taiwan and the United States broke off diplomatic relations 30 years ago, and yesterday was the first time since then that Taiwan has ever given any medals to members of the U.S. military. The invitations to the American military personnel were given in secret. Do I hear a second to my motion to return US Forces to Taiwan on a permanent basis? Vince Acquaviva Jr Taiwan (CCK) C-130 Veteran

The Grey-Bird un-marked C-130's that were attached to E-Flight in early 70's at CCK were: (1) 62-1859 (2) 63-7868 (3) 63-7879 (4) 64-0497 (5) 64-0515 Sincerely Vince (Former E-Flt member at CCK)and Clark

Here are twosites for all Taiwan Vets. The first is www.taiwanvets.com and the second is http://mirach.lunarpages.com/~taipe2/index.htm on the second you have to click on the tab that says CCK AB and Taichung. Note:Make sure you use Mozilla foxfire url search engine to get the tabs on the second url. Sincerely Vince Acquaviva Jr CCK/Taiwan Vet -Military 1971 to 1974 - Civilian Taiwan 1976 to 1978

This is Tom Lahovski's e-mail address: [email protected] Sincerely A previous 327TH/913TH Willow Grove member and E-Flight Member Vince Acquaviva

The C-130E's that were at CCK were not Super"E" models. They were just plain "E" models. The tail numbers were 62-1859,63-7868,63-7879,64-0497,and 64-0515 that were mostly assigned and used by E-Flight for all Clandestine missions in Taiwan,Korea,Thailand, Laos and other places in Asia. All aircraft were painted anti-corrosion GRAY and had detachable Stars and Bars and Tail numbers held on with screws and rivet nuts. For the person that desputed the Air America WebSite Dr.Leeker's info,I would say that Dr. Leeker was "Mostly Right" in the Bio that he talked about.There are still many "Projects" that us E-Flight personnel can not tell the media even till this day. There are many people that "assume" what E-Flight did and also have ideas coined up by non-E Flight USAF personnel. The only personnel that can vouch for OUR WORK are the Air America and E-Flight maintenance and flight crews that bravely flew and maintained these aircraft and helped many hundreds of thousands of of people in East ,South, and South East Asia . The only people that understand this are the people that were with E-Flight special projects. Sincerely Vince Acquaviva Jr ( former CCK and Clark E-Flight)

Mostly the C-130's that Air America were using were"BAILED" or lease from the USAF/21TAS at Naha then CCK then at Clark. We were not allowed to devulge any information on our mission or the places we went to. Until the Air Force came out with the information in the book"Airlift in South East Asia and also Air America on their web site talked about E-Flight and what we did that we were finally able to talk about this great job that the C-130's and the crews did. Being a former member of E-Flight at CCK and Clark the info that Air America states in the section of C-130E 's of E-Flight is "TRUE" ,down to the 5 Gray aircraft that we had including Tail numbers. The Bird Air section that was stated after in this section was mostly of an former Air Force and some former E-Flight personnel that were working for Cambodia relief and evac's. I am very PROUD what E-Flight and the C-130's did in NorthEast,EastAsia,South and South East Asia.and I was happy to be part of this. E-Flight Forever Sincerely Vince Acquaviva Jr ( E-Flight CCK and Clark )

823 Taiwan Veterans Association and Taipei Air Station Veterans both have web sites and both are looking for American Veterans that have been in Taiwan from 1958 to 1979 to be members ESPECIALLY they are looking for former C-130 members of 314TAW and 374 TAW that were at CCK Air Base in Taichung 1965 to 1978. The web sites are: http://www.taiwanvets.com Sincerely Vince

Great article all 15 Pages. Is there anyway that you can send this to me as an attachment so I can foward it to the 823/Badge of Honor/Taiwan Vets organization that I belong to? Thanks Vince Acquaviva( EFLTatCCK)

Great article! I was stationed at CCK from July 1971 to April 1974. The 374th was a great unit. Please send more info on CCK AB Taiwan so I can foward this to my Taiwan American Veterans Association. Sincerely Vince Acquaviva Jr (823 Badge of Honor Taiwan Veterans Asso./USAF)

As a question that was brought up about 62-1855 being a E-Flt Grey Bird. 62-1855 was not an E-Flt Aircraft in the early and mid- seventies at CCK or Clark. Our tails were 62-1859,63-7868,63-7879,64-0497,and 64-0515. Aircraft 63-7770 was used for a short time by E-FLT while one our our aircraft had a major repair accomplished. Vince Acquaviva( E-Flt)

Bob, They were replaced by C-130H\'s of the 440Air Wing originally from Billy Mitchell Field at Milwalke Wis of the Air Force Reserve. My old unit the 913th Air Wing at Willow Grove had E models that POPE,DYESS,and Little Rock got from us because of wing cracks\"ALL THIRTEEN\"of the E-models and 63-7823 was one of them that POPE got from Willow Grove. The New 440th Wing at POPE has a composite of people from the Wis 440th and the 913th from Willow Grove,PA. I am glad that some of the 62 Models are still flying from when I Crew\'ed some of them in South and East Asia about almost 40 years ago. Thanks Vince Acquaviva

63-7777 or \"Bunch of Sevens\" was at CCK AB Taiwan for the 314TAW and after 374 TAW while I was there 1971 to 1974.It probably stayed at CCK till we moved to Clark. I think it went to Kadena with the 345th when the 374th went to Clark. Vince A

I remember the guys that were with E-Flt at Naha when they came to CCK and then we started to have the HABU or Cobra patch. Both patches of the COBRA were used at CCK. Ralph,Thanks for the picture of all three patches in the Herk Web page. I thought that we E-Flighter\'s have been forgotten until you and a few former E-Flt members of Herk.com in our forum. You can also see pictures of our C-130\'s in \"Aircraft of Air America\'on the Air America.Org web site. Thanks for the great memories again! Vince Acquaviva

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Dear rje71, The E-Flt patch with the COBRA is the\"REAL\" E-FLT patch. We used to wear it on our fatigues on our left shoulder above the stripes all the while we were back from our TDY\'s at home at CCK. The E-Flt Cobra Patch was \"OUTLAWED\" when we moved to Clark in Late 74,because things were getting more like stateside 35-10 Uniform GARBAGE. I used to be able to get the patches made for about 15 Cents US each at a tailor in Taichung,Taiwan ( Wu Chuan Lu)area. The patch with the eagle is probably for another unit,and it says \"e pluribus Manama\" there is a Manama in Bahrain so this patch is NOT a E-FLT patch and also we did not wear these on party suits or flt suits. Vince Acquaviva

I was at Forbes in 1969 to 1970 and I was in the 47th TAS as a E model Crew Chief Assistant of 64-0533 then 64-0509.I worked for Sgt Bob Crow and after another Crew Chief till I got orders for CCK in Taiwan. Forbes did alot of Mildenhall and Rhinemein rotations for 60 to 90 days at a time during those days with an ocasional rotation to Panama and Central and South America. I will try to look thru my pictures to find some photos of Forbes Acft. Vince A.

Gary, I worked with Charlie Brewer on Acft 515 as a crew chief and after Acft 7868 crewing with Fred Peffer. I spent all my time as a assistantC/C and then as crew chief while in E-flt and I deployed from CCK with e-flt from late 72 to Early 74 then till late 74 at Clark also. The guys called me \"shorty\" from a nickname my chinese friends in Taichung(Dirty Dozen) gave me. Do you remember Randy Odette,Tom Warhya,POPS Curfman,Jim Burnette,Charles Manny,and some of the other E-flt Crew Chiefs? Vince Acquaviva

Looking for former co-workers of E-Flight from 1971-1974 CCK and late 74 at Clark. Vince A

Tom Lahovski is still working for FAA at Allentown,PA but he could be retiring next year-Vince A

Col Reed Mulkey was a great pilot and friend while I was at CCK with the 345TAS and later E-FLT/21TAS. God Bless this great Vietnam Veteran and Lord rest his soul.