Vietnam War
Dangerous Sky – Combat Rescue: Part # 2 – Wolf FAC
Introductory note: Before we tell Hippo’s story and complete the telling of the rescue of a downed Air Force Wild Weasel crew well inside North Vietnam in November 1972, I think it necessary to provide a short comment on how I anticipate Remembered Sky to playout over time. The next post will provide more on the framework and goals and types of things the reader can expect, but for now let me just say that the intent is not to be a vehicle for me to tell my own stories, nor is it to be just a re-telling or link [...]
Dangerous Sky – Combat Rescue: Part #1 – Sandy Superb
Few missions are more dangerous than rescue of a downed aircrew behind enemy lines. Needless to say, a slow moving helicopter is an easy target. The aircrew location must be exact, few search planes escaped damage, suppressing enemy fire critical. Losses could escalate immediately, yet no matter the threat, no effort is left undone, if there’s even the slightest change of getting one of our own out before they can be captured. Many of the most heroic events of the Vietnam war were rescue missions. These were the Sandy missions and in 1972 included the Air Force A-7D Corsair II and the [...]
Air War Vietnam: Remembrance at 40 Years – All Days Come From One Day
Note: This article was originally posted April 10, 2012 on the Project White Horse Blog On April 10, 1972, Midway steamed under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, bound on a 7800 mile voyage to the Vietnam War Zone. This in itself was not uncommon. What made this cruise different from proceeding ones in the ship’s history was the fact that Midway was deploying over seven weeks in advance of the scheduled departure date with less than one week’s notice, with a vastly abbreviated training period, and with the additional handicap of a short, three day load out. Shouldering [...]
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Dangerous Sky – Combat Rescue: Part # 2 – Wolf FAC
Introductory note: Before we tell Hippo’s story and complete the telling of the rescue of a downed Air Force Wild Weasel crew well inside North Vietnam in November 1972, I think it necessary to provide a short comment on how I anticipate Remembered Sky to playout over time. The next post will provide more on the framework and goals and types of things the reader can expect, but for now let me just say that the intent is not to be a vehicle for me to tell my own stories, nor is it to be just a re-telling or link [...]
Dangerous Sky – Combat Rescue: Part #1 – Sandy Superb
Few missions are more dangerous than rescue of a downed aircrew behind enemy lines. Needless to say, a slow moving helicopter is an easy target. The aircrew location must be exact, few search planes escaped damage, suppressing enemy fire critical. Losses could escalate immediately, yet no matter the threat, no effort is left undone, if there’s even the slightest change of getting one of our own out before they can be captured. Many of the most heroic events of the Vietnam war were rescue missions. These were the Sandy missions and in 1972 included the Air Force A-7D Corsair II and the [...]
Air War Vietnam: Remembrance at 40 Years – All Days Come From One Day
Note: This article was originally posted April 10, 2012 on the Project White Horse Blog On April 10, 1972, Midway steamed under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, bound on a 7800 mile voyage to the Vietnam War Zone. This in itself was not uncommon. What made this cruise different from proceeding ones in the ship’s history was the fact that Midway was deploying over seven weeks in advance of the scheduled departure date with less than one week’s notice, with a vastly abbreviated training period, and with the additional handicap of a short, three day load out. Shouldering [...]