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[old crow]

Tarheel: I spent some time at Nellis working on Wild Weasel II, 105Fs. Have the patch somewhere among my "stuff" yet. Worked on the RHAW system. The aircrews were some magnificent men who believed in their work, as did those of us who maintained their Thuds. I recall the hangar windows vibrating like being hit with buckshot as the Thuds hit afterburner on the runway. Not many of the birds and too few of the crew survived the work they did. I had orders for Korat in 67 but my wife's miscarriage brought me a humanitarian deferment followed by orders to a tour at Tan Son Nhut (RF-4C, RF-101C and RB-57).

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[Tarheel]

Tarheel: I spent some time at Nellis working on Wild Weasel II, 105Fs. Have the patch somewhere among my "stuff" yet. Worked on the RHAW system. The aircrews were some magnificent men who believed in their work, as did those of us who maintained their Thuds. I recall the hangar windows vibrating like being hit with buckshot as the Thuds hit afterburner on the runway. Not many of the birds and too few of the crew survived the work they did. I had orders for Korat in 67 but my wife's miscarriage brought me a humanitarian deferment followed by orders to a tour at Tan Son Nhut (RF-4C, RF-101C and RB-57).

Had the pleasure of two short stints at Korat on TDY status in 1965 (357th TFS) back when we affectionately called it "Camp Nasty". Went to Takhli in '66 and finished out my time in '67, back with the 355th TFW which I'd been with since '62 excepting a year with the 23rd at McConnell. You're right about the crews; saw too many go up that didn't return. Lots of memories! I was in Fire Control by the way, and WW was just being cut in when I left SEA.