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February 4th, 2011, 04:32 AM
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#1 | | Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Upstate NY
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| VN FAC photos
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February 4th, 2011, 08:22 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland
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| Wow!
Those are amazing photos I would love to see more.
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February 4th, 2011, 09:25 AM
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#3 | | Lifer | 
Vietnamese Air Force Recruits ??? 
CAVman in WYoming
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February 4th, 2011, 01:29 PM
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#4 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas
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That Plane looks like the Armys L 20 Beaver that covered our small Convoys in the Delta,(199th AVN Co, Swamp Fox) what was the Airforce designation for it?
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February 4th, 2011, 07:21 PM
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#5 | | Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Upstate NY
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Originally Posted by Trung Si  That Plane looks like the Armys L 20 Beaver that covered our small Convoys in the Delta,(199th AVN Co, Swamp Fox) what was the Airforce designation for it? | The O1 Birddog. I think the Beaver was a bigger critter. Here's a couple more     
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February 5th, 2011, 07:07 AM
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#6 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canton, MI
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[QUOTE=30Caliber;649269]I scanned some slides of my dads the other week. He was in Vietnam during 1970.
I think this is Song Be 
That is indeed Song Be. I was there once in 1967. I see they put a fence up on both sides of the street/runway. Used to be that before landing at Song Be the pilot would have to do a fly-by to chase the pigs and chickens off the street.
Forgot to add: That's Nui Ba Ra mountain in the background.
Last edited by CCKen; February 5th, 2011 at 07:58 AM.
Reason: name mountain
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February 5th, 2011, 11:07 AM
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#7 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by 30Caliber | Roger that! L 20 BIRDOG is correct!
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February 5th, 2011, 11:18 AM
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#8 | | Lifer
Join Date: May 2002 Location: SW Mizzou
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| Outstanding ...
Please ..... If you can ..... Keep them coming .....
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February 5th, 2011, 02:23 PM
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#9 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canton, MI
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Originally Posted by Trung Si Roger that! L 20 BIRDOG is correct! | Trung Si,
They were originally called the L-19, then in 1962 the Government changed the designation to O-1.
Just a tidbit...
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February 5th, 2011, 07:15 PM
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#10 | | Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Upstate NY
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February 5th, 2011, 07:17 PM
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#11 | | Lifer
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February 5th, 2011, 10:48 PM
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#12 | | Lifer
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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Thanks for the pictures. I served as a young captain with two USAF FACs, one flew is VN the other in Laos. Both said that they knew their area so well that they could tell if a large group of people moved through it by the wear on the grass. They also said when they were new in country that that flew really low and slow until they figured out the NVA shot real bullets. Mel told me how he would try to light a smoke on the gun site when he forgot his matchs. The other who is a Raven told stories that if the mission went well his Laotion backseat guy would say Budda is good. Other times the guy would say no fly today Budda says bad today. Thanks for the pictures.
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February 6th, 2011, 07:13 PM
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#13 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Texas
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Absolutely amazing!
Thank you for sharing!!
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February 7th, 2011, 03:36 PM
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#14 | | Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northern Ca
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Thank you sharing the pictures and your father for taking and preserving them all these years.
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February 7th, 2011, 07:49 PM
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#15 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CA/NV
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awesome pics!i love that one with the Cessna A-37 doing it's nasty work below,while the bird dog was taking the pic from above.gotta love sierra hotel FAC pilots!thanks for sharing these with us!
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