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172ndhamm

Yup, but I included Guam and Kadena because the Buffs did fly out of both for ARC LIGHT strikes. In fact, most ARC Lights were from Guam, despite the minimum 7 hour duration. As for the airfields list, wow. Most of the the list has to be small strips that can't handle jet traffic, right? The ones in...

172ndhamm

B52 Squadrons and Deployments into South East Asia during the Vietnam war. The majority (99%) of B52 missions in SEA were in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Most of those missions were of a CAS nature to support troops on the ground in a manner that would normally use tactical fighters. One of th...

172ndhamm

Nice link to map. They have many more? :o Snakeman, sorry for being away so bloody long. I've been gifted with a History of the B52 published by Crowood Books that has the data you need, give me a day to look up what you want, and I'll post it. If not 1972, then Any particular year you interested in...

172ndhamm

Night interdiction missions for one. Low and slow A-1 flies over the H.C.M. trail looking for truck traffic. When he thinks he found some, he drop's a flare, and uses it's light to nail the trucks. At least two USN A-4 squadrons specialized in the same technique too. Here's a m118 from www.vectorsit...

172ndhamm

I'll echo CCC: WoW. BTW I have a pic of the bombs in question, but the angle isn't good. Photo's by Maxine MacCaffrey published in Jack Broughton's "Going Downtown." http://www.icrossroads.com/~kcins/alisjoy.jpg http://www.icrossroads.com/~kcins/m118-MM.jpg Chance, to post your pics follow the "what...

172ndhamm

CCC- Speaking of Nam aircraft I'd like to see in the SPA2, The A-1? I think this would make a fine addition to the theatre. The attached url has labled illustrations of the A-1H cockpit that Aeyes (should you be interested in making the suggestion to him...)or another pit designer could well use... ...

172ndhamm

what's the recommended hardware to run F4sp1?

172ndhamm

Sorry, the entry for it's dimensions is

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...But the drawing in my earlier post is supposed to be to scale, if that helps.

172ndhamm

See the Hamm in the warpig?

I gotta have me a new phantom!

172ndhamm

yeah, you're right. the 117 is mislabled.

172ndhamm

Washout,
I'm lookin at the list and I see no new
improved Phantom model?

172ndhamm

quote CCC quote:Thats my dream. Sabre vis Mig, IN Falcon4 environment. Building some major a/c, add avonic..no, they wont need avonic, tweak FM, ya, Saint can do taht with new parameter in F4SP code!, then remove SAM and modern buildings, hmm, done HERE HERE!!! HERE HERE!!! HERE HERE!!! i'm with you...

172ndhamm

Found a Drawing! :D That 1982 copy of Jane's weapon systems I found lists the M118(E2) varient as the only M118 in inventory at that time; a 3,000 lb GP HE bomb. I found this drawing of it and the M117 in Doug Richardson's "Classic Warplanes" book, "Republic F105 Thunderchief" ISBN 0-8317-1410-7 Hmm...

172ndhamm

found descriptions of all A-G ordinance in U.S. inventory in 1982 issue of Jane's Weapons Systems at a public library. Damn, no line drawings, but I'll copy details over tomorrow, I'm on the road right now. Mk117 and mk118 appear to be 750 and 3000 lb GP bombs, (or vice versa).

172ndhamm

aahhh. I was hoping someone more capable than I would redo the phantom. I have several magazine photos of the daisy cutter equipped gp bombs, and I think they also use mk117's too, if there's such a thing. I have an exploded diagram of a fully loaded F-105D and I'm certain it said the bombs were mk1...

172ndhamm

Just a guess, but I've seen the bundled rockets on lighter FAC aircraft, so I think
they're white phosphorus marking rockets.

The rods at the end of the bombs you described are daisy-cutter fuse extenders, to trigger a bomb blast a few feet above ground, for anti-personel purposes.

172ndhamm

aside the the encrypting issue, be thankful mps used a tile system rather than high altitude photos. Am I wrong, or is it not still rather difficult to get consistently lit high altitude photo's of terrain?

172ndhamm

right, I'll be looking for some of that then. Here's a list of aircraft that was in theatre during the closing years of the war: 3 page list of aircraft on my utility page ok, here's a few pics I found in the local chapters bookstore friday: The first is a closeup of those rocket bundles under an A-...

172ndhamm

oooh ooooh ooooh !!!!!!!!

172ndhamm

hmmmm. Not sure how I got #1... As I said, I only have a few tacan channels for Phu Cat and Cam Ranh Bay areas. Look at the Cam ranh bay image; the radio freq for approach appears to be 112.4, and the tacan channel is 71. Phu cat appears to be channel 87 http://www.icrossroads.com/~kcins/mapCRB.gif ...

172ndhamm

I only know of a few of the actual channels for some of the tacan in Vietnam during that time, but I have a fairly decent map of northern South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam. Basically, what's north of the 17th parallel. Here's a few locations of Tacans and Non-directional Beacons (NDB)...

172ndhamm

Hello CCC, Which part of the conflict were they interested in specifically? American forces in-theatre waxed and waned quite a bit at different times. I have quite a bit of information about specific units (primarily aviation) and some bases, and they change quite a bit over the course of the confli...

172ndhamm

ccc, you big tease! re: A-1 Any thing is better than nothing, but from the pics i've seen, the pilot appears to sit pretty high in pit. Most 'pits i've seen take up too much screen space for my taste, but that's just a pet peeve- I'll fly em if y'all make em, and enjoy it too! [This message has been...

172ndhamm

The a-1e two-seater was the model used in Jane's usaf, and it was almost universaly disliked by the usaf FAC's, who preferred the single-seat bubble canopied A-1H model. The two-seater you saw in Jane'USAF s was disliked primarily because the pilot couldn't see as easily out the right side of the co...

172ndhamm

Installation worked perfectly, I followed the steps suggested by brewski's in another thread. but once I began a campaign I noticed a few things, a) the North Vietnamese airbase in the North Vietnamese city of Vinh was south of Da Nang. Was I the only one to see this? It was correctly listed to cont...

172ndhamm

I vote include China in the Red list. CDR.John Nichols (ret.) records the loss of a VF-96 F-4B to Chicom Mig17's south of Hainan island on April 9, 1964. The USN claimed a Mig kill. ( On Yankee Station, isbn 0-553-27216-0 ) I'm also sure Jack Broughton, ( Thud Ridge; Going Downton ) wrote about losi...

172ndhamm

yeah, It was pasted together as a joke, I think by the other HAM at simhq, (but don't quote me on that.) When I first saw it my heart skipped a beat.

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172ndhamm

This was neat to read, but I'll believe it when I see it on the shelves... remember these folks?

172ndhamm

quote:Sure, its those vietnam era pictures that I'm missing. If you got anything nice, please send them to me or paste links here. I just realized I have some pics I took myself, feel free to use those if they're suitable. I'll email 'em over. http://www.icrossroads.com/~kcins/G-hammsF4-CL-nc.jpg -...

172ndhamm

Snake_Man, I've been contacting different Vietnam Vets who've posted photos on their webpages, looking for permission to use their personal photos for the menu and pie screens. It appears we don't need copyright approval for public domain stuff, (like DOD and other USG sources) so here's one from th...

172ndhamm

This guy is putting together a callsign database for as much of the SEA theatre as he can... http://members.tripod.com/chancefac/
CALL SIGNS; PROJECTS /PROGRAMS/OPS; TACANs; LIMA SITES (LAOS) / Victor Sites (Vietnam)
and AC TAIL CODES.

172ndhamm

wow. I'm told that the MIG23 was in-service as early as 1968, but that'd be interesting. As for the A-1 story, CDR. John B. Nichols in his book, On Yankee Station, (ISBN 0-553-27216-0) and Jeffrey L. Levinson in Alpha Strike Vietnam, (ISBN 0-671-68916-9) both recounted the story of how two A-1's fro...

172ndhamm

Bodybag just pointed out to me my list doesn't include the bullpup(suks) or the paveway series of gbu's. that's because my list is primarily from a USN source.

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172ndhamm

Some more weapons info: SA-3 first known to be deployed n North Vietnam January 23rd, 1972. SA-7 Grail (like a Stinger) first confirmed use was in April of 72, when PRV forces crossed the DMZ en masse. ----- March 66, first AGM-45a's introduced. 2.5 mile range. They were quickly replaced by the AGM-...

172ndhamm

seems to me that although the various U.S. intelligence arms believed that the Migs 15/17/19 weren't armed with missiles, I've read in more than one 1st person account by some of the 'nam era aviators instances where MIG19's fired atolls. -yeah, I just checked, and found an account by Randy Cunningh...

172ndhamm

Snake_Man, There were about 150 B52's based at Anderson AFB in Guam during Linebacker I & II. This was the 72ndSW (provisional), comprised of the 64thBS; 65th BS; and 486th BS. These were provisional units, apparently used only in 1972 and 73. These were all units flying the 'G' model. The 50-60 'D'...

172ndhamm

All ready to start makin skins...

172ndhamm

that was quick: I had two emails back, one from a guy with documentation, and another from a guy who was there. The first says: The white on camo appears was developed 1966-67 timeframe. The second response was: the "d" model was repainted black with the camo top from 65 to 68 the "f" model was give...

172ndhamm

wellllll... I wanted to ask if WE could get the atc features to function as FAC's (forward air controllers) for strike packages... until then, I don't think there's much point in the bird-dogs and broncos...

172ndhamm

Snakeman, Photo's of B52's on early ARC Light missions during the mid 1960's show them with the metallic finish... Then I have a 1968 Pic of a B52H, with SEA camoflage and a Black underside. Then I have several undated pic's from a B52 Veterans Association website and one with a 1987 date, of B52's ...

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