David.Bearden

Was lucky enough to be at Langley from August 70 til early out in May, 72. Crewed 7792 for the 37th...great group of maintenance guys and supervisors, Panetta and Utterback...TDY to Mildenhall, Rhein Main in 70,71...rotated to South America in late 71, early 72...would love to hear from others here at the same time...anyone know George Lanyon or where he might be living? Thanks...

From 2012 airshow in Denver...

On 6/8/2013 at 3:07 PM, bobdaley said:

I had some stats on Herk safety in the ANG/AFRC. I counted 9 units with over 40 years of accident free flying, and a lot more with spotless records. So I decided to try the same for active duty units. I was looking up info and ran into some questions can anyone help?

I think I remember 36AS was a 141 squadron from 1989 to 1993?

When did 79 RQS first get Herks? It was the only Herk Sq not in the squadron history listings at AF Historical Research?

Has 50AS been accident free since 1972? Now Closed

Has 67SOS been accident free since it got Herks in 1965?

Has 53AS been accident free since it got Herks in 1993? Now Closed

Is 517 AS still an Associate SQ at Elmendorf? Now Closed

Back in 1969, 65-0990 an HC-130H was lost off Taiwan. Every place I have looked said it was from the 57ARRS, but the 57ARRS was at Lajes at the time. I guess it could have been TDY but just wondering?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Bob

BTW right now it looks like 67SOS has been accident free for 48 years, all the rest of the active squadrons are 30 years or less.

On 12/16/2009 at 7:06 PM, bobdaley said:

I was in the 37 TAS from 69 to 73

Bob Daley

Bob, I was in the 37 TAS from 1970 to 72...

On 5/25/2014 at 5:18 PM, addison said:

 

Hello Bob, I was thinking of 0990 today it being Memorial Day 2014. She was from the 31st ARRS out of Clark AB,PI. Lt Col George Pinyard was the squadron commander,Captain Giles Gray was the AC commander,there were 14 on board and 13 were lost, one PJ survived. I have a crash report buried away that I can access later if you desire. At the time I was a AGE Sgt in the squadron, and remember the day quite well.

Was at McGuire for HC-130 training after Tech School with orders for Clark and the 31st ARRS in January/February, 1969, when this accident happened...the PJ who survived eventually came back to the 31st and resumed duties there...an amazing story...

Hi All, was in Langley from August 70 to May, 72, CC on 63-7792. Came from 31st ARRS at Clark, supported 39th ARRS from Tuy Hoa...hope to see some familiar names here...Leland Martin was CO at Langley, George Lanyard at Clark...MSGT Teeter was NCOIC in my Clark Unit, best man I ever met in the AF...CMSgt Utterback was at Langley...crewed at Langley as E4 and E5 ( 7 level before early out).