David
Mon September 29, 2008 7:27pm
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201_-_uboat_ram
World War II
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David
Mon September 29, 2008 7:27pm
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205_-_valentine_tank_cana
World War II
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David
Mon September 29, 2008 7:27pm
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208_-_wcf014
World War II
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David
Mon September 29, 2008 7:27pm
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259_-_ww2_90
World War II
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David
Wed October 1, 2008 5:42am
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Warte_mein_m_del
WW2 German music
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David
Fri October 17, 2008 7:11am
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Psychological Warfare PART I booklet - August 1944
This 24-page booklet was produced by the Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas in August 1944 and details the use of tactical psychological warfare against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater.
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David
Tue February 10, 2009 10:12am
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David
Tue February 10, 2009 10:12am
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Richard Hambley
Sat March 14, 2009 9:52pm
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Mike Force Hatchet Team
WALLY (FAR RIGHT)...AUSTRALIAN .....LEADING MACV-SOG MONTAGNARD HATCHET TEAM IN CAMBODIA SEARCHING FOR VC AND NVA CAMPS. 1968 (RICK HAMBLEY PHOTO)
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David
Mon April 6, 2009 10:12am
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Fox Island Cemetary War Memorial, Fox Island WA
Fox Island Cemetary War Memorial, Fox Island WA
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David
Mon April 6, 2009 10:12am
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Fox Island Cemetary War Memorial, Fox Island WA
Fox Island Cemetary War Memorial, Fox Island WA
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Gunner Carvo
Sat October 17, 2009 8:57am
Rating: 10
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Keith's pep-talk
Keith making sure I wasn't going to pass out
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David
Wed October 28, 2009 9:16am
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Wild Weasel
Wild Weasel is a nickname for an aircraft of the United States Air Force specially equipped with radar seeking missiles used to remove radars and SAM installations of enemy air defence systems. The techniques used with Wild Weasels in the Vietnam and the Yom Kippur War were later integrated into the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) a plan used by US air forces to establish immediate air control, prior to possible full scale conflict. Initially known by the operational code "IRON HAND" when first authorized on August 12, 1965, the term "Wild Weasel" derives from Project Wild Weasel, the USAF development program for a dedicated SAM-detection and suppression aircraft. Originally named "Project Ferret", denoting a predatory animal that goes into its prey's den to kill it (hence: "to ferret out"), the name was changed to differentiate it from the code-name "Ferret" that had been used during World War II for radar counter-measures bombers.
In brief, the task of a Wild Weasel aircraft is to bait enemy anti-aircraft defenses into targeting it with their radars, whereupon the radar waves are traced back to their source so that the Weasel or its teammates can precisely target it for destruction. A simple analogy is playing the game of "flashlight tag" in the dark; a flashlight is usually the only reliable means of identifying someone in order to "tag" (destroy) them, but the light immediately renders the bearer able to be identified and attacked as well. The result is a hectic game of cat-and-mouse in which the radar "flashlights" are rapidly cycled on and off in an attempt to identify and kill the target before the target is able to home in on the emitted radar "light" and destroy the site.
The technique (or a specific part) was also called an 'Iron Hand' mission, though technically the Iron Hand part refers only to a suppression attack that paves the way for the main strike.
The unofficial motto of the Wild Weasel crews is YGBSM: "You Gotta Be Shittin' Me". This appears prominently on the logo patch of some squadrons. As the story goes, this was the response of Jack Donovan, a former B-52 EWO (Electronic Warfare Officer):
This was the natural response of an educated man, a veteran EWO on B-52s and the like, upon learning that he was to fly back seat to a self-absorbed fighter pilot while acting as flypaper for enemy SAMs.
The "WW" tailcode of the 35th Fighter Wing derives from its Wild Weasel heritage.
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Richard Hambley
Sat May 1, 2010 11:26am
Rating: 10
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SFC Walter Richey (Medic) Late 1968 or early 1969
Walter lounging at temporary Mike Force camp in his finest casual wear. (Rick Hambley Photo)
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Richard Hambley
Sun April 17, 2011 5:42pm
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Water Hole Number 3
Had these old chits from Special Forces club in with my VN photo album. Can't believe they weren't spent on booze!
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