[Mark17]

I was at Bien Hoa, 70-71. At that time, we had USAF A-37s and Vietnamese F-5s. Before that, F-100s. I didn’t know any Thuds were there. I thought they were flying out of Takhli and Korat. At one time, I think I knew people at ever base in Vietnam and Thailand, plus Clark and Anderson. I knew the NCO who was working approach at Clark, when commercial and back up power failed. It was a miracle, that no one augered in. I can’t say I miss all that drama. 😁😊

[vetvetdoug]

My Father was there in 68’ and was TDY there from Takhli to recertify an F-105 that was there. It was blown up in the enclosure along with firemen that tried to put the fire out. 30 years later in a hayfield in Mississippi my Father and an ex Marine discovered that they had been in the same engagement, the Marine chasing the VC that sent the mortars and my Father curled up in a bunker next to the exploding F-105. The Marine recounted the attack in eerie detail. In 1965 my Father lost several of his friends during the disaster in May that killed several airmen when B-57’s loaded for takeoff began to explode. All had been at Yokota from 1959-63 with the B-57s in the WRS (56 or 53, I can't remember).

[vetvetdoug]

You will have to excuse my memory but it could have been Da Nang where the F-105 was mortared. The base was situated with a nearby hillside where the VC attacked and ran. Since he went all over SE Asia I get the histories mixed.