♦ Service Cap or Flight Cap♦ Nametag and US lapel insignia♦ Chaplain, Aeronautical, Space, Cyberspace, and Missile Operation badges are mandatory The Men's Officer Service Dress Uniform also pulls triple duty by serving as the Semi-Formal Uniform through the removal of the nametag and ...
Instead of activating the radar scanner in the nose of the Phantom, the weapon systems officer (WSO) in the rear cockpit would use "Combat Tree" to look around the sky for the IFF transponders integrated in the enemy MiGs of the VPAF. These IFF transponders were designed to prevent ...
"I was a gunner on Spooky in 1969 with both the 3rd & 4th Spooky Squadrons. Nha Trang was the HDQTS for the 3rd & 4th and each squadron had FOB'S. Binh Thuy AB in the Delta was 3rd SOS "D" flight. Bien Hoa was 3rd SOS "C" flight etc. The 3rd was inactivated i...