"msvuh" wrote in message
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Daryl Hunt wrote:
"Flatus Ohlfahrt" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:19:27 GMT, Daryl Hunt wrote in
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"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:23:41 -0400, Ogden Johnson III
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Charlie Wolf wrote:

Can any of you regulars here in r.a.m.n. help with this
request??

Or point him in the right direction?
Regards,

On 10 Oct 2006 11:09:34 -0700, "msvuh"
wrote:

My friend, Mr. Ho, is currently petitioning for
resettlement in the US. In his last interview, he was
asked to present a Certificate of Completion for a
Helicopter Maintenance and Repairman in an Air Force
Base in Virginia in 1969. Mr. Ho does not remember the
name of the school. What he remembers is from the base
to Washington D.C. it's about one day bus drive. Mr. Ho
does not have any paperwork associated with the training
he had in the US for that year as they were all burned
in 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed for fear of
persecution.

I hope you can gear me to the right direction. If you
need further information. Please contact me via email
or telephone (310) 223-0370

If this is not the right group to post this message,
please provide a correct name of the group. I will not
bother in the future.

Toi hieu tieng Vietnam. Cam on.

msvuh

If he's sure it was an Air Force Base, and in Virginia,
then Langley AFB is about the only choice. Down in the
Hampton Roads/Norfolk/Tidewater area, it is only a 3-,
4-hour max drive from DC. Even the commercial bus doesn't
take but about 5-, 5-1/2 hours. AFAIK, Langley has
generally been about fighters and R&D - missiles, mainly -
and not helos. But there may be some reason they could
have done helo maintenance training there during the VN
war for some reason that would make sense only to the Air
Farce.

Helicopter Maintenance and Repairman? AF in 1969 had few
helicopters. Training for helo pilots had already moved to
Ft. Wolters under the Army. The term "Repairman" would
never be used for a maintainer in the USAF.

While I don't know enough to correct nor confirm your Helo
training locations, I do know that in 1969 and 1970,
Specialtists were called Repairmen.



Maintenance school would be a "tech school" and all of
those were under Air Training Command at TTCs (Tech
Training Centers)--places like Lowry, Chanute, Lackland,
Keesler. Certainly not at Langley and I can't quickly
think of another AF installation in VA.

If this guy were in the US, I might be thinking "wannabe".

The use of Repariman tells me he just might not be a
wannbe.

BTW, Ed, you had repairman working on your F-4 and you
survived(g)

Nah, the AF had maintenance specialists.

Take a look at this cite. The people are called repairmen.

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/a...b/deberry.html

I looked at it. I think I am getting closer to my goal each day. Thank
you.

He might have been mistaken about his location. Look into Wicheta Field, TX
as well. IN 69-70, I do know they were doing Chopper training for Foriegn
Troops at that time. I don't know if there was any maintenance training but
there was assuredly flight training.


Just remember, if it isn't on the internet, some will lead you to believe it
isn't so.