Amazon 7 #1 April 16, 2008 It was a long and distinguished career. It is appropriate she will retire to a place of honor with other Cold Warriors. http://www.military.com/news/article/air-force-news/helicopter-retires-after-service.html?ESRC=airforce.nl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #2 April 16, 2008 Wow. There always seem to be good stories like this for the long serving cold warriors. I still hope I'll be able to jump from one of these before they all retire...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fozz 0 #3 April 16, 2008 Was stationed at McClellan AFB here in Sacramento from 83 to 86 in the 41st cams and worked on 357 before it was converted to a PAVE LOW bird. You could see then where bullet holes had been patched, ALL the 53's had served in Vietnam and were pretty used then. Good machines worked on and flown by good men that have gone way beyond their projected service life.John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #4 April 17, 2008 Very cool. What's even cooler is that I've met several of the people who were on that A/C and on the Son Tay raid. There is a model of the entire compound that can be seen in the SF museum on FT Bragg that some of the participants occasionally use when re telling the story of the raid."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #5 April 17, 2008 Very cool, and what a fine bird it must have been. Nice knowing something can last that long, in the role it was used in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #6 April 17, 2008 Scott, those guys on the Sontay raid must of had balls of steel. They all knew that they were expecting some heavy shit, and that the raid may be expected. My BIL knew a few of the crewmen of those helos. He said they were the kind of guys that would come for you, even after you were shot down, taking fire, and darkness/weather closing in. My BIL spoke of them as Giants among men, and he himself was no wussy(extremely humble), he was in three helos that went down. two bronzes, and a purple for his efforts. He was crewchief on a slick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
