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F-102s were stationed in Thailand, in 1967, primarily as weather recon aircraft. At one point in 1967, (I think around September) there was a Search and Rescue (SAR) effort near Route 9 (in N. Vietnam, just east of the border with Laos). I was Sandy lead for this mission. Several SAMs were fired; turns out, all or most were fired at the F-102s, our MIG cap, not at us. None hit (and the downed pilot was rescued). Later on, I talked to some of the F-102 pilots. This was the high point of their tour: they were shot at. Seems to me that the worst thing that can happen to a warrior is not to be allowed to take part. There were lots of warriors in the F-102 bunch. Jim Thomas |
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a very safe unit to join as there was no possibility of overseas assignment. I don't think flying supersonic jets in a military environment can reasonably be called a safe activity. all the best -- Dan Ford email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9 see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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Juvat wrote: av8r posted Good timing. I'm presently working on a journal article about F-102 ops in Viet Nam and Thailand code named 'Water Glass' and 'Candy Time'. "Candy Machine" OOps!!!! You are absolutely right. I was half awake when I posted last night. Cheers...Chris |
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In message , Frank Vaughan
writes Could you go into greater detail on this? The 2.75" FFAR was an unguided rocket munition. How would the F-102 IR ball come into play? At a guess... Find an IR source (running engine, camp fire, etc.) with the IR sensor, then fire unguided FFARs at IR source. -- When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. W S Churchill Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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sometimes used their IR ball as a 2.75 FFAR aim point for ground attack missions. * The IR ball was part of the Hughes MG 10 fire control system integrated with the AIM 4 Falcon 1 x F102 was shot down by a Mig in 67 i think. * An F-102 of the 509th FIS/ 405thFW was shot down by an Atoll air-to-air missile fired from a North Vietnamese Air Force MiG-21 'Fishbed'. This took place on the 3rd of February, 1968 while flying MiG CAP over Route Pack 4 Cheers...Chris |
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"Juvat" wrote in message
Jim Thomas posted: F-102s were stationed in Thailand, in 1967, primarily as weather recon aircraft. Didn't they have a rather short radius of action? (Can't recall seeing a picture of one on "the boom" thinking they're like B-57s...no air refueling capability...but I could be VERY wrong on that score) http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/f102_1.html "The F-102A was not equipped at the factory for midair refuelling. However, there were some examples of the F-102A that were fitted in the field with probe and drogue inflight-refuelling probes mounted immediately aft of the cockpit on the right-hand side of the fuselage. These were fitted for the purpose of ferrying aircraft from the US to Southeast Asia. The probes were removed upon arrival. Some ANG F-102As were also fitted with these midair refuelling probes. " -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed) |
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Subject: What F-102 units were called up for Viet Nam
From: Scott Peterson Not sure what or where they came from, but there were 2 F-102's at Don Muang RTAF when I arrived there in early November 1961. I was in the AF on project Able Mable with 4 RF-101C's for recce work over Laos. Roy Colding USAF Ret. email: |
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"Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , "Tarver Engineering" writes: I want this for a political newsgroup. Ask a civil question, get a civil answer. Dude, you attacked me out of ignorance and I expect you to apologise. |
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Juvat wrote: Didn't they have a rather short radius of action? (Can't recall seeing a picture of one on "the boom" thinking they're like B-57s...no air refueling capability...but I could be VERY wrong on that score) Where were they doing this? (I know starting in Aug 66 the 6461st TRS at Udorn in RF-4s was flying wx recce into RP-6 covering high and low altitude then using their HF radios to relay the wx back to Udorn and 7th AF Hq) From what I've read their Dets were rather small? The F-102s I knew were out of Udorn, and were only a few aircraft. Were you involved with the SAR on 3 Feb 68 when an F-102 was shotdown by a MiG? Supposedly they were part of a SAR along the NVN-Laos border. Juvat No, I left Udorn in November 1967. I hadn't heard about this SAR. Jim Thomas |
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"Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... F-102s showed up in Thailand and Viet Nam from before the beginning, as it were. In August, 1961, 4 F-102As from the 509th FIS, Clark AB, Pi deployed to Don Muang Airport, outside of Bankok for air defence duties, apparently as part of Project Bell Tone. My source shows this took place in April 1961. Tex Houston |
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