UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET NAVAL AIR FORCE

FIGHTER SQUADRON FOURTEEN CARE OF FLEET POST OFFICE

NEW YORK, N.Y. 09501

From: Cornanding Officer, Fighter Squedro~ FOURPmN Tor Chief of Naval Operations C O P ~ ~ A ~ G )

Subj: Fighter Squadron mmTEEN 1966 Command History; subrsfssioa of (u)

Ref: (a) OPNAV INST 57$0*12 of 8 NOV 1966

Encl: (1) W-a 1966 Cornand History (2) VF-'I4 XESTPAC Cruise Report

(less Operations Rsview; Figures (1) and (2)) (3) Operations Rsview of WSTAC Cruise Report (4) 1966 Operationel Stat is t ics (5) W-l& Precedence Lfst of 7 JAN 1967 (6) VF-a Enlisted Roster of 10 JAN 1967

1, f n accordance wi6h reference (a), Fighter Squadron FOUR- Cornand History for calendar year 1966 is hereby submitted.

2. The classification of t h i s le t te r is downgraded to unclassified upon removal of enclosures (21, (31, and (h).

I i 10 Jan. 1966- Fighter Squadron 'PC)rr2m%R moved i ts homo base from I i

HAS Cecil Field, Fla . t c NAS Oceana, V i rg in i a . i

1 23 Jan. 1966 VF-a departed NAS Oceans f o r NS Manypod, F l a . to l o a d . 1 aboard IlSS ~ranklin' D. 230SEVELT (CVA-b2) f o r t r a i n i n g * f deployment i n the Caribbean Ares. (Rooseoelt Roads, P .R.) 1 . i i 10 ~ e b . 1966 VF-14 re tu rneh to NAS ~cesna, ~ i r g i n i a . i

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i i 25 Apr. 1966 ~ ~ u a b r o n departed NAS Oceana t o fly aboard ROOSETELT f o r 3 t r a in5ng cruise i n t h e Guantanamo, Cuba ope ra t i ag area. 3

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27 May 1966 Squadron returned t o NAS Oceana. 1 1 20 Sun. 1368 VF-fi departed NAS Ocesna t o load aboard the ROOSEVELT 4

1 f o r S.E. Asia cruise. i

1 22 Jun, 1946 Departed NS Mayport, Fla . aboard ROOSEVELT for IESTPAC. I 1

I 27 Jun. 1966 Arrived at St. Thomas, Vivgin Islands to receive inspection

i team i n prepara t ion f o r Operational Readinass Inspec t ion . i

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30 Jun. 1966 qompleted Operational Readiness Inspection and departed 1 t. Thomas araa f o r Braz i l .

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j 8 Jul. 1966 rrived , Rio db Jenisro , Brazil f o r 3 4 e y rest and recreation I erlod, ' 11

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i 11 J U ~ . 1966 Rio For Subic Bay, P. I. I

i $ \ 31 Jul. 1966 1 9 quadroa a i r c r a f t flew off t o NAS Cub5 Point, Philippines.

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! 1 Aug. 1966 ~oOSEVELT arr:'.ved in Subic Bay, Philippines . j I

4 7 ;&qg. 1966 &padron denaiLted Subic Bay aboard RODSWEZT f o r combat

1 dperstions , in TonMn I Gulf. 1 I

I 10Aug.1966 @F-V(comenc i ldcomba tope ra t i onsa spa r to f CVd-1

3 embarked l a USS Franklin D. ROOSEWLT (CVA-L2). i 1

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1 12 Sep. 1966 Squadron coqY.eted first combat l i n e per iod and. ROOSFVELT 1 7eparLed for ?lokosuks, Japan. 5

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15 Sep. 3-96 {F-& f l e w i n t o NAS Atsugi, Japan to conduct limited flight aperations during inport period.

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i 26 Sep. 1966 V F 4 flew aboard XIOSEVELT on i t s return t o Gulf of Tonkin,

1 2 Oct, 1966 ROOSEVELT arr5.ved back on Yankee S t a t i o n and commenced eoxbal 4 operat ions. ~~OOSEVELT experienced casualfiy of #l screw. 3

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2 0 0ctcA.966 Arrived on Yar

12Nov.,1966 Completedsecc Phi lPppi ne s .

U Nov. 1966 RDOSEVELT depc

20 Nov. 1966 VF-14 deparbec

21 Nov. 1966 Squadron retux

22 Nov. 1966 . VF-a departec

24 Nov. 1966 Squadron arri~ operations.

27 Dec. 1966 Squadron compl . ROOSEVELT for

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jO Dec. 1966 Squadron a r r h

%ed for re turn to Yokosuka for repairs,

for NAS At sugf , Japan,

3rd ROOSEVEET f o ~ return 4x1 Tonkin Gulf".

eee Station and comnenced Combat operations,

~d l i n e period and p~epared for re turn to

%ed Tonkin Gulf for Bay.

to N4S Cub5 Point, PhfSipptnes.

; relieved as Comqanding Officer by CDR J, H. KOACH.

Subfc Bey aboard ROOSEVELT for typhoon evasion.

led to Subic Bay.

Subic Bay f!or return to Tonkin Gulf.

?d back on Yankee S t a t i o n and comenced combat

r t e d l a s t P i n s period and departed aboard . yeturn to Philippines.

?d NAS CUbi Point, Phi l ippine Islands. L

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For Fighter Squadroo FOU$~EEN, 1966 has been a p a r of preparation 1 . 1.

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, ' f o r sod conducting t h e planned! combat cruise i n Southeast Asia aboard the , i 11 i

a t t a c k carrier USS Franklin D.[ ROOSEVELT (CVA-42). A s pa r t of Carr ier i:

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A i r w i n e ONE, based a t NAS ~ e c b l Field, Florida, Fighting FOUmEEN had s b

I normal assignment of twelve (1~) F& Phantom 11 sircraft, 2,!47 enlis ted I

I men, 31 officers, including & , p i l o l s 1 and Radar Intercept ~ f f i c e r s . I! !

VF-a, under the command of CDR R. C. ADAMS moved i%s home base Lo NAS "

Oceans, Virginia on 10 ~ e n u a r y ' 1966 as part of the "base l oad ing f f cnncept r

adopted by tho U. S. A t l a n t i c Fleet. On 23 Jaauary, OF-a loaded aboard

t h ~ RROSEVELT at Mayport, Florida, for a four weak t r a i n ing cruise *in the

Roosevelt Roads, P.R. area. The air wing primarily participated in a i r

defense and anti-sir warfare exercises, and during t h a t period, VF-fi I

sccumulated 90 day and 26 nigh! c a r r i e r lathings. The squadron suffered the .

. loss of one a i r c r a f t during t h a t period; a t 0301 on '28 January, F& Phantom,

BUN0 153.517, piloted by U D R G. L. RENDEN., USN, 569692 and Radar Intercept ,

Officer, LCDR J. S . BERTRAND, USN, 615064 crashed at sea following flame

out. The crew ejected 7 mile east of the ship in the eastern Atlantic, and

was picked up by the ship% r cue helicopter. The RE0 received n i n o ~

in3ury; the pilot received a compression fracture of a vertebrae. The

squadron returnedit0 NAS Ocean@ on 10 February. I

On 3.5 April, Mghter squabron FOURTEEN received an Administrative- i Ifaterial inspectiin by ~ommandkr Fleet Air Norfolk.

! On 2s April, VF-& flew aboard the ROOSEVELT for a second training

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cruise i n the '~uadtanamoj ~ u b a ' operating area. During t h i s five-week

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, deployment, the squadron's F-h aircraft began s modif ica t ion program t o

i n s t a l l the Approach Power Compensator System and ECM equipment. The

r s m a i n i n g af r c r a f t returned t o NAS Oceana on 27 May, having completed 176

day and 39 night oarrier l andings .

During t h e fc/llowing four ,,weeks, a l r c r a f t modifications were completed,

.I and the squadron ontinued an i~cce le ra ted train in^ schedule t o prepare f o r

the upcoming depl 'yment t,o WESTPAC. This t r a i n i n g schedule f ncluded a i r 9 I

intelligence and t a c t i c a i briatings, airborne training and simulated a i r I I

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wing coordinated kr ikes 'againtit t a r g e t s i n the local area. 3 . I

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On 20 June, l ight i n i F3Ul'??EEN again moved to NS Mayport, Florida to s F

l oad aboard the RC)OSEVELT, w h i h departed t h e following day. The ship f 1

arrived a t St , ~hohas, Virgin l is lands 27 June to receive the Operational i'

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Rsadiness 1nspec%&n team. IIu/:ing the following three days, t he ship and

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air wing underwent, t he o p e r a t i ~ n a l readiness inspect ion and departed the

I Caribbean area on 0 June,

he' ROOSEVELT~ arrived in I;Lo de Jaoiero, Brezl l on 8 July f o r a

34ay reat and rec rea t ion pericd, From Mo, the skip proceeded d i r e c t l y

to Subic Bay, Philippf nes, arrbving on 1 August,

During the first week of Au~us t , V F - a continued with t r a i n ing f l i g h t s

out of NAS Cubi Point, maintaining pilot prof ic iency and exercising t h e

a i r c r a f t , On 7 Au\gust, the squadron departed SuSic Bay aboard the

WOSEVELT f o r t h e i r first combat operations i n the Gulf of Tsnkia, Fighter

Squadron FOURTEEN conducted combat operations a ~ a i n s t m i l t t a r y t a r g e t s i n

North Vietnam on three l ine periods3 10 Auguat-12 Septermber, 20 OeQober-

12 November, and 2b November-27 kcembar. Following t h e first period of

oparat ions, tGe squadron conducted limited flight operations out of N.AS

Atsugi, Japan whiie the ROOSE@LT was undergoing r e p a i r s at Yoltosuke, Japan.

The squadron expeiienced one ojera-tional loss of FLB BUN0 151018 when the l

a i r c r a f t flamed o nobth of the carrier on station in the Tookin t,

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Gulf. The accidedt occurred a+; 0218, 3 November. Both the p i l o t , LTJG . ! I

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E. J. D U C K A M , 6433.~7 and ~ a d i ~ r Intercept Officer, LTJG W. A. WOOD, I

680,!~& ejectsd and were r e c ~ v e ~ e d by the ship's rescue helicopter. The i

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DECi. ASs/Fii::>

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I ' X.e arrived on t h e i q e on 10 L~ugus'G ~ f t ~ r a long crossing and some

-0 ,-. x*- v ,. ,J.L .;shcr work at Ccbi Point, P, I. This was the f i rs t A i r Wing t o s - x r - b speci2. l opsrz t ions cn Yankee Stskion without a warm up p ~ r i o d $lying "In countryu .~isC;ir cb, Ii~wijvir, the Air Wing commenced flying in arezs of coxpar~tivoLy,low risk, find thc wisdom of this cannot be ovcremph~siacd,

Tactics 2nd miqimuns :'are freely disc:ussed in enclosure (a), R corznic-be anzlysis of F-ir t ,act ics is discussed in kmwc TA-ldW CTF 77 010W 320-66, It is strorlgly belicved %hst thc t z c t i c s u t i l i z e d 2nd. thc .xent:l;r r i i n ~ ~ m s a6.1el.ad to minirniied combr t losscs 2nd increased tho A i r Iqirigs cffectivc~~c:;~ ovcr the beach.

The complexion or" -the; w 2 r in NET h2s ch~nged since t h e Ai- W ~ I P CY

f5xs-b ~ r r i v c d on t h o line., The c;nern;r has vastly incrccssd the eTfec- , . -;ivencss of his dcitmscs, not a?ly b j increzsing t h e n~mbers of 1A-k azd SAibl ba'ctcrics but by ; - e l o c a t i ~ g his sites so os t a o meet .the threat imposed by t he SEVEiQTI-1 Fleet . This soon becme. npparcnt duking ow re-burin from the l ~ s t l i n e period. Former r e h t i v z l y safe areas of opera- %ion 'becme areas of ~xtr{;rne hazard. Thc enemy scenled t o have an in- e;c;lxusdcble supply of iiiJis ,munitio-fi :ad S: bfS .IS. Although it ?ins the spyme xar, new tac t i c s had to bc dkvisod t o mccL the changing threat. It was f o w d necessary to;support scc t ion armed recce i^ l ights ovcr the bs,?ch with I r o n Band xLrc:,raft* TkilCf--P aircrafl wcre r t ip i rcd t o be in t h e arm in order to aoun6tcr the increzsed M E activiky and threat, ECX ai-rcr2.f t were dcaned *irery desirable in suppor t of reccG f l i g h t s along %he coast, I

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Because cfie F-4 2 i rc ; r z f t of VF-14 ,-ild VF-32 were i;lncl~c\~;~?.rcl)~ $

ccuiooed ~ ~ ~ i t h e1ccboni.c b~zrning and f z,m;ning ~quip~nen%, i'i. k c ?me cstycmcly hazardous t o s c ~ l d them oil?. armed r ~ c c c n iss io l?~ i n i ~ n 6 . ~r:l,hou% -

, o-. L .L, " i 2 - - ~ .the conpany of f.-b I r o n &.nd aircr2f-L. It is s---sniy rcc~-~i?--::?-Z --

e-: ?.-..- ' . - - . " , ,UrJ F-L, a i r c r z f t f'cdeplcy~j -Lo S, G Asia: cc*;; 1.' ~ ~ ~ c ~ ~ ~ G C ~ ~ tF, - 7 v 7 d ' m 2 T p y I-GL ---A c, ' -7 cqakprnent similar Lo t h e $t--L;-w

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DOWNGRADED AT 3-YEARS INTERVALS

DECLASSIFIED .AFTER 12 YEARS BECi ~r aS!iF!Fr$ .I p ? p 3 L --:j

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DOB DIR 5200,lQ

" - 2 ~ -.A ... -,-?@o-d 0: perf os;nance of the - L . m F-4. squadrons on t h i s de-rloy- a

Pi p :., ,.+-- .,u:,l,s ..$ - .* .I- ou.:. -Lhe great versati.l.i'cy of th:: rhan-Lorn in e i the r t h e .*. : . -+-ha,- 0- ~tL(zek ro le , 1% is a airborne treapsns s:s eel.. unsurpassed 1,-. ';?e .orldts L n v ~ n k ~ y y of military :f.ircraft,

mr i n i s squ~,cyon T~ras nub aff'oyded the or?os-LunjL;ir -LO scleouateb7 evalu- ;';e &T@i:r'LLC &li~ea- \ r of' ordnace, bui; it is bef-ioved tha-b -i;lris sgs-Lem

prove eff ec-l;ive in combae under adversa tveather condi%ons,

Znclosures (1) through (6) reflect t h e ccmccnsus ol' opinion regard- i n g the lessons l ~ s r n e d mec the pro51e7~..s S ~ I C C V Y ~ Lercd d u r i r i ~ t h i s beploynzen.k, -- l l,.

A i i conclusion, it i 5 f e l t tPa"ciir . l ing spzc5-al opera t ions are Les:? operat: ons , ..-2%:- that n-ost e v e q rr;issi on oveY ?;'G'>., mst be adequately supported by I?C!*i E-i:':D, C.:P, XI.:, ~ s . d FLi:' suprression aircpaf-b. Thz .- 2-L; has " c h e v t j r sa~ i l i ty totbe e i ther an i n t e i - ce~ to r , f i ~ h t e r or bo;n'oer ;;lc; 2srf'o& each ~ ~ s s i q n in zn outstanding mimcr,

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DECLASSIFIED

C ::?EYE.; ,?. to$& b'~e l~~, r ie a*c;.afk 1,Zere assig2ed; however, t h e average *A".....--

cl; -cc~i..d co-a-L W ~ S only slightly 301 c t1ls.n nine, Because of' l i m i t e d s :zcc os board, 2x2. calenckr checits were performed at it4S Cubi PoLqt, P. 1. 3, -

c, LCGE~; 2 j -~;nzT+; f;-~- cccs LC check et ail t ines and a two or three day overleu of check periods was nor;;2l, In addi-Lion three a i rc ra f t ricere l o s t .!- ,,..,poi-al-ily ,.. . -- for an avwage period of 35 days each. T t ~ o underwent repa i r s 2% iQP_PPT, XpiS Atsugi, J apa i and o m was repaired at Dansng AB, RL3, A't k z s t on2 albi-craf -l on board rcas ~ s e d for cannibalization during wi~Lch ",b%

* + 1-5 ~sc$iveved extensive corroljion rework, There w 2 s a 24. h o w day requiremefit Zar t w o fully opcfatiunal ~ b a d y F F B ~ Tor ConcEtion h e , Ewing f l i g h t qmrters the V$' squadrons s h r e d -25-s c o ~ m i t n e ~ t , each w,smaining oi:e ~i-Peraf "sin Cocdi-tion me, ' This l e f t a ma23xwm 01' sovan or eLg1z.i; opera"sona%- 2y ~ e a d y a i rcraf t which coLCd be used Tor -Lkc= da i ly Pligh'i; scl~e&Le,

, F l i g h t o;perc-Lions were, normally schzdded on a % ~ ~ e l v e hocr onJ %xi-elm

h o w off basiso A mir~irnm i)T -LWO hours 7272s 2sqxi.red for aircyaf-l; ,epotL. >king boSh before a d after f : , i g h t ops, T j ~ e rexaixing e i g h t 1zolu-s per &y C O U ~ be u t i l i z e d cxcl.usive:,y f o r n;a;l?" -I -, ,el.nznee,

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The squa cka~ enii.s'sed r'lsnziing level remained l a i r ly coi2slant t kcrough- ou'i the cr-Lsz, ~afigii:ig f ~ o h a mia-inimum of 214 to a maximum of 222 assigced, k -botal of personnel we?; i n v 0 l ~ t a r i 3 . y extended, An zur;e~a;e of 28 i~erson~el CT-CPOU~ IX rat in(; structure were requiredd for variol~s tasks such as mess cooks, ~-G/~a+x&y~ Post Office, e t c , and 22 persomai were TAD PPOZ the rnaintenacce dej)ar~hen-b *to IW, An average of -- 15b personnel -wra avzilable to the xr~i:2tj(,?ntmce depa~txfien-b~ 16 or' whcm were LT t h e check

The anahltenance deParbIieilt was divided -bwo working sections, each a twelve how sh9.f to f:y c a r e f ~ d supervision and an oceaslo~lal i3ove s:? cer-tain personnel d.epen& ng on t h e worUoad, all naJor operational cormi&.nen%s were met

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ir,corree< 2nd careless wiring during modification,

Dwing the long 'crainsi'c from the Caribbean to I~?~ST?LIC, a full t'EfP h v e i check was s y s t e m a t i c a l l y performed on the weapons system of every ;lircral"-t. In a d d i t i o n several changes were incorpora ted into the ~P&-72/ ~"-1157 components, A ccrcplete list is incluried under the .Avionics .:ections. Zirnited flight o~era -L ions were conducted during transit when weather and winds were fxvorab le , These opc-rations were e s p e c i a l l y benzTic ia l t o maintenance depar-Limn% as they helped r e s o l v e remainin? problem areas and exerc ised the a i r c r a f L systems,

Upon a r r i v a l i n \ S P A C , a l l a i r c r a f t were combat ready. Curing the entire cruisq a i r c r a f t were n o t re leased for f l i g h t u n l e s s the weapons system was f q l l y o p e r a t i o n a l w i t h 50th a Splrrow and jidewinder capability. This require4en-L was inv io la te regardless of the ass igned mission on any particular f , ~ g h t , 1' I

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There w$re no unusuaL o r unsxpected prol;lems encoun-bered t ha t can be considerec) p e c u l i a r t o lEST?AC. Caxnibali za t ion of a i r f rame i tems was f a i r l y low 2nd was n o t co ~ s i d c r e l ~ s i g n i f i c a n t . ;)uring the transi-L, wing tip reinforcement -patches were i n s t a l l ed on a11 a i r c r n f t as shown ii? the S t r u c t u r a l Rbpair Manual, ~\Tllzi01-2h~l?R~~-3-I, P ig 2-138 d z t e d 15 October 1966. he pa tch xas incrzased s l i g h t l y i n s i z e (16 1/2 X 9 3/4 i nches ) and thickness ( el-25) from "ce normal sgec i f i c a t i o n s , Only one '.ring ti9 repair was rcqui red throuyhout ~ I I G e n t i r e c r u i s a . Saveral aircra.f t rec,sired r e g a i r of the ,$7.8% s t r in :ers i n ou te r wing panel . This was acco;.:~lished by t'ne STLlL2D team a t Cubi PL while the a i r c r a f t were i n calendar cilcck,

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Since r9pid turn-arodnd i s one of the keys -to successi'-cl sus2;:-ined V . - u o-perntions, $he f l i g h t deck troublo-shooters were placcd -iinc.cr +" -

s u c e r v i s i o n pf the Air f raxes Rra~lch wi th a h i n h l y qual if iec: r c ~ i-:-.n:-4ecccd - -

petty o f f i c e r i n cb.rge. Durin': f l i g h t ope ra t ions they were .xis:-.: ., -.? : o r qaick r e p a i r s o r t o a s s e s s the repairs necessary without go2r.i 6:: -?.ly Lo the wark center. Durin,? stailddowns and per iods of no i'j.:,-Lizg+, - 6 directly f o r the airframes work ccn te r , a s s i s t i n g i n d a i l y c<:,:-~t? * - - 9

A l l i.3 : c 2 ,..,:* work ,2ccornpllshcd on board by n s c l , ; r:":. ;:;SCY . ? - c lose s-i, :,: ~ ; l s i o c 02 a Ckicf ?c-~- ty O2f i c e r , As e a c h ~ i x - c r --:. -, I:,: : -: :.7;c-~sz i n t o L;: ,.,.,:s? c o n ~ r o l , it i n bcczme the temporary u . , 7 1' r :.: - : - - +

" .. p7 - . . . - m c , . . : rso~,zt;ec! instances, ihc a i r c r a f t were norfi13~li.y b?(.-c A - . -

J- . 3ecruse of Che hot , humid c l imate m d associ-;-;12 >I. .- - ? ... J

con^;. ;; it was r'ouad thzt 2ny a i r c r a f t that was left d o x i for pc: . n--.,-. .u, e

1 . O - -c::>~ 10 days r equ i red an excess ive length of time t o rctu'i; to 2 ..-.... - J ~

r z L i ? j l o coildi-Lion. This was due t o co r ros ion of t b z s c : \ t s , coc:\:->f-: s w i - t r;'.le s wiring, ar,d i n sorne czses, engine accessories,

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"'a $1'' DEcLASr?;iF j r:,; -. *-.

hltk~cjugh zli celenchr bs.;ec-Lioas were perforxed at i@S C d F Tt, -Lhe -pe3ats f:c-nr, _ , ,, s o w * Lisfsctory. The oL4y diffic-iiLties ercountered we:e LC par t s *

s-mport and c $slay 3rin ccxi?~:i~Fcations Setween -the embarksd squadi-az: 2nd t k e shore bes ed de'ickment ,. The shortage or" parts required cu.;2i'~zlFzaticr2

t h e ne* ab@raf% &e i f i ehedk in order re-i;Wn the aircyaft ccnplet- - - *

&--.g check to a fly5.q sta-b~s, No airframe corrosion control 14~2s ZC,CCR~LLS~?-

cd a-L Cubi due t o a hc:k of ~zctt-blastars and a source of l o x p:ress-ie air, Ho?~ever, a carrplete cmrosion 'creatneaL and repainting was accomplf sb- eG a? 2x1 ejection seats,

n she r ' o l 2 o ~ ~ ~ - g high-usage items zce Lr shmt sexpply in ffi,ZSTPAC: 053 Gal Cen-Lerlhe Yanks P-%grated Tofquc Boosters Fuel k a n s f er pmps (hy&fia3&ic aad e i e ~ ~ i c )

~ ~ ~ l J ~ ~ i i ~ EGIJ-J'P$ffNT - - =A a l n e ~ ~ arAc 2 .;:~-,-'r~- bxost fiigh-b crelqs ~Lf'Jized pressure s u i t h--- I 2- v C- ,

=st 2 s show^ ;lr. Clo-bhkg and S ~ f i v i ~ a l x q ~ p r ~ e n t Chailge #26, ~ ~ ~ ; < . . , - ~ " - $ 'sof t p ~ c ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 , ~ s weye obwjucd f r ~ r q GCI:?AIPGESTPAC sha2;-t:g a f -be~ ay;-:T.-z.-

.. . and are a great hprove-ffirnt, over -bhe ~ _ L I ~ c i t s ~

- " ' 3 . " " .- s9riy ~nc', s;acL< g2di, Sp2~2,r cal-.s cf c~yroc:ion przve;?;;.;.. - a:-? z ~ i L.,.?~LL~

,"., F, --" -" ob-ka-2 2~*- ~ A . T ~ + ~ T % : ~ ~ @ , B11,sea-i;s %:ere f a l y kea-bed 5 ~ ~ - , ,-..,b;,cn a.t e2bi 3-L _ is, ~~h.ils -I;ine s i s e ~ a f 4; were XI ina j t a r cheek,

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I 3-1 - 0 3 ~ i o 2 a - - ~ ~ ~ - e :re xi KXUS approximately 90% of th;he personnel 3ad - - .- I- "Z- or n3 expzrie-tca ir, ~ h e 14 weapons systen, D w h g t h e :iraiisi-t, ' - - iii i . i i k ~ ~ VTZYC a conplete " E n l e r a l check. This proved -to be a -cry s lox process due t o -the 12~2-Led experience of the .i;echnicians, I - L :s c o ~ s l d e r e d t h s t many fsi?;,-es xay have occu r red because t h e radz-ci - - ,A, .-- a-r,, c gxc7md operated for ad&.tional -time not normally r e q u e d by ;acre

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'2p'C'' AVC 263 , Bcorpwates L'LI~-:~- , , r~b22f: ~ 2 4 9~ i -~-; .s~ile AVC 2801 ~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ , i ; ~ ;< ._;...i l o s s ;LSzidr 1~1. ~ ~ s ~ ~ i ~ loci< dce to faxSe E W ~ , ) . ~ -- +.---% -F- ,- ., ,,. . dp i ;~ - 2 ~ i .;h3 c ,3:~1:ytj,tep d ~ s co 3 maa~a2c-);-jon

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r ~ ; ~ L --..,A e were no 7 . 3 * L i * > ~ . . -i;: S F Z r i ? S i ~ a i l a b l e end .i'or more t han half -;>e zr.iij.xc, & ' I , - L,.~-G - ,,? - S C I ; S & ~ ~ ~ 3i322L"c,2s $&Jitn a of ur3-y ten anteixlas fop *h<ra;va aiF-

.-A.pfi u-G.A -?-'- ;c ,712e car-r:~j;~ize-~-jo.~ or t k i a lqas 29 times higher thzr its ne2m-b c u;r:ipe-kj,,-i;or,

J-L~ a' S L r ~ ~ . . i d - .- P --z - - -* fircoi~nt 02 --+in can be ex?aci,oi"^ 4 7 x b g -the mo:xt;s ,-f

CG', obe? thl.ii aori l ir,amg 2% ~ X ' ~ I - = ~ - I ~ ~ J T <Lff2,o!l:\--t "GO mar; nt+~ l -c'e 2.5 s ..- , , 33~;perlir, in ~ d d i - k l o n ria-:. beL:g able $0 work afi afrcr2.f-b -zd3 z~i.g;~1$ . -

CiG2 r:, ~qa-$e~ seepage g ln~a t l ) r jr.c;-2asas -bhe ra&,r fafiwe e-2.tte, The 5 .

zclLa:<i.;ing , J ~ O C E h e ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ i; s GQe degree (1.) tfFif l E v ~ l car-ks ;.--. . v , ,L 3 ., - -*q?C &Jf G U ~ ra&rs p i o r $0 A?-- - -.- n-lip _'or launch; (2) t h.2 ai.yc-psft, *~lic,:-*c ,. :-r.ptt

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Sz1'; :z--bc-r con'camL~,?ati;~n of j',)-5 taus ed several &scyepancies of t h e -. - i;-i c-zL",i-Ly i ~ d i c a t i a ~ sy,&ern, lJ.t.".ough t h e s h i p observed z l l 3L"1np-----8 L o -bhe ccnta7iLcat:lon appzared sorzciically t ~ z o u g h o u t ';he crx-dse, 5r.c- co~saxina-Lior. w s s c i i s~ovz r sd~ t h e o n l y solution was Lo clean ri,.:l. ., . . 4 ~ , *

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i~s2;g~>.Y2~;io- l ~ a s 2s depicted preljdq.j-n3,yy ope;yaj;:- :;:.;:~i -' i-:.iL - q. f .2 . * x i 1 ..L, ;-... LA-u.*..,, ,--:> A FA.-,- \ J . . 3 . -: -,,* .' . . ..: . . \;c; 3ivG ~ - 1 & 2 / ~ 4 - ~ ~ - 2 7 excent fcr .the fo!.j-o;.si;g cb~-gc;<, ;!, 2.:': Gi<i\s) . . . " ;, 9 3L s -- ,." " . "" * - 4 -

., .*"" ;",s added seyies with -i;he Ap2.<m%T G~~CG!; .C) Lead as a ; ~ j-,~r:~.j.3-510;; 8 *. <

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S-apervisior - 2 /+ /- % i s s u e T;o;3&-j2g Crew -. i~ aug;L~::;a~>

C o w Ord Loading Cret~, - 6 (2 augrfiei~tors) l . 3 ~ ~ Check - 2 '

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h - . - . . & g 5, *!he s h i p is ncmal2.y a% i 'llg2; .I.2. 3 - ~ c . I * cI' ' .' '" ,C'-"" . - . + : &L.; .:c:&--; r. 2sy, l~:filcss %he 1in.e has, s13ne s t ~ o n g i e z 6 ~ ~ s o ; ~ nn6 d . < 7 inorili.2ak Qy -? - .. s~eins associated Wch shipboard op~a-L;clocs suci;

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zL cLp-- " ,,nik;ess of' aiycrafkt i - t ~ f r - ,,,e 0 or" pot~jer eaSSes, etc, become ex- ,: , --nc-r -+,;CL 2 5 d 1jl-2-i persormell i;'iti y e , Xigh norale, sghich is one of tbe .,-,- -, - q -?. .,- L..,.L y f;e-lans or" a good :;iqe, was ins-k&.XLed through fi3efidl.y competii- , . -- - ~ s : 2 aaong -i;i2e p3alc.e czpta:sis concerning ~ a ? ~ b e r of sorties fiorcn by and ~o~~; . j a -L acc3;:nplishsms~~"Ls of t h e i r i;-ssigned aircraft ,

vests l i ne pczsonnel are unobtainable in ~L%STP~LC a:d should :32 ~ ~ 6 e ; " e d > ~ c E l ziivance , A_n, eff ic ient sand l ight-weight ve,c t. can 53 0-dei-ed f ;fi~fii FOFITEI\XI1 I ldC , Gi~q&le , Calif, The itern is cal led --- L~2fJ2131\1 T;sVIp u 3 L F E B a T , p/jj 101, A bexi; %~-pe s-mriml ai; wLlLch z~cLudedd a i ? n i s t l e , a &y-night flaTe and a packet of 6ye marker rqzis made -2p by t h e ps.~zloi't and uCj.::iz d by all personnel,

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, -- - . . - -br~*M-or - - to & p l o p , = % seyioxs coi2sidcral;ion r;xzG i.t3 gs..ib;cn -ci ~ ' i f g f i " - *+la> P D-,-& Fif$h% G~o~h&f igu 2d:_/dLllp- LLU- 1% reeome;:qded i;oO'i; t~~ 211~3:'% L - $esk 2eyseys be ordered at -bhe r a te of per man, Fligh-C deck s k ~ a s ;' . . rqsine uiob'caineble half way through t h e cruise. It ~ 2 s lound -Lhs5 -;>e ?:saw f-fi life of -i;hssr: shoes decreased ~ - b h kmger working hr?t.i?s az.6 ~ 0 % ' ~ ~ ~ b . .

st-renuous labor, 1-3; is r e ~ ~ ~ ~ e n d e d t h a t each rmn be pro-ride6 rex s h c s oi2 the ccircmencernent of t h e deplopent ,

: Special Forces P a t i y e s (6 0, yd) are ~ R X C : ~ coo le r t h z r A ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ T , & ~ ~ ' ~ " . ~ .-

yzJ~ip;ues (oz/yd) %~hen use as f l i g h t clothing, S P s i a l Farces ;.';-;,iguss .aye - ZCS "co--tk-,Ued, : thCq-rcb &-A t . 5 ~ KaaxJ-,j C~-J~~~~,, L.. &q?,.r3, y r , ~ t 1 1 8 ~ f f iC ,;!;y- -. t I ,.J L* t- Cs-..,. T .c . li r:

@C2il\iA_K41XfAC in s t ruc t i~n . s a l l o w 13orn'ex E;3.igh-:. Sul-L pe;:' C ~ E ~ J m~i;:.:):.:.~.~ 7 -. 6 rnbirnux of three em'm-i; f1igh-L s u i t s per C:C~TS ~ ~ ; n b ~ ~ r"i:j re: cj,rr~?;~?~.aec,

. . \,-..- !n-o g, - , .,...,. Lj i , G -$axling is ex%remeiy 3xpw'can-l. C o o r & ~ ~ % i o n be-tween . ... - I a d ",he sh ip 3s -Lo t h e evailabil i ty of all necesszry itens, LA:"-. *l--.'---*

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coas t carriers in ~ T E S ' P P A ~ , procedurss are baing %apler,en-Led -Lo cxpedf-bfously yeC~im eas; coast p ~ r s o n n e 2 Go t he i r dzsfy2d destin;i,tlon, ?:;;-i'r,orf.ty has been gi.antGd (BUPTB msg 1918282 P+vC 06) to v . t i l i e e NAG Ll5.gh-i;~ from Saigon t o Mcrjui~e o r Roimbhrq:es'i Ail-line F i i g l ~ t s ( c a l i . e g ~ ~ y 2) ikosn Clark APB t o the east coast, AL1.~~brznspo$~'iation requests s'r.o-dd b ~ :

0 * Se;piG i3'L7 4-7 ~ n e shLp t o AT0 C l a r k a-'; leas t 2-3 xeeks in advance,

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An up-to-Za".; shot card is jv-s-L as necessz.iiy -Lo a mi2itary mari as a p m s p o r t is t o a cfv-ilian, A constaxb check should be kept up by the Z25gbt suYgeo~;is to ensure 3-Shc-bs are e u ~ r e n t , De-i;ei.n-i;ion and a .'Pull bag of shots is the price paid for not having a:? up-50-date s'not card in 'n~rid TS<-ie-i? re txrning -Lo Lfie U, S,

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While in t h e ccmba-2 zoce, ou ' ig~ ing l e t t e r m a i l is" free (-Lhis ik2~ pd& u message tzpes) , ABthc-~gh -;he use ef FPO S s n F ~ a n c l s e o C/6501 ~~~5.11 expedite p e r s o n a m a i l , FPO New York 09501. is still used for - a l l off iciaE m ~ l , Also w'nrle s e r ~ i n g in the V i e t n m Fos-LfEs F i r s Zane, packages conta-laining merchandise valued a-1 $ 5 0 ~ 0 3 o r less w i l l be passed. frse through customs, Let-Ler mzil takes 5-8 days f o r dslivery r&Li.le parcel p o s t t z k e s as loi2g as 6-10 weeks, Aimail pack- ages faye be-Lter wtth delivery within 10 days t o 2 weeks,

10% SAVINGS DEPOSIT PTZOGRKM

"ride dissemina%ion o f tile 10% Savings Depos i t Program sliould be made ( r e f e r SECNhVTNST 7220~55 of 30 AUG 66). This is an exczlleni; sav- i n s s prograra, but should 'bra r'ch~qhi le .

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tc i_aps, i ~ s l n g the p ; ~ e ~ c r i b e P r e l l d r t . ~ ~ - y >";e~~age f oyms-s, gouge proa'id$s

3 'ifill -Lhs bbaanksu oxb l i 2e can lie ma& a ~ ~ s i " _ a l e for use by tjze SEO znd othei. members oP the squadiron acciclcn'i, boa2d, to preveri'; 6elz .y~ in :reporting when the S aCety. Off ice r is 29% bkxediz'sely availab2e0 Conpll- i n g the tot& l i s t of !:Info" zd&essees for -bh@se ~epoifi-bs, 22 ada-bioc %o those c'i-bed in p a r a g ~ a ~ h . 28 of OPN~l~lI1JlST 3 7 5 0 ~ 6 3 ~ has been a resul-b

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The vaiying opera-bin : cycles zssigned, sck,cdule chz2g,as, acd +;he con-LE~u;E2, condition CAP seqa remen ts dietate t h a t peYsscncl sePzs eve Y)r ;-qEL2 3 e>-: ,pa - .. ,b s ~ ~ s r ~ - ~ q ~ ~ y -Lo pest, 1% is yacomiended Saf &y Officer $stabLish saxe mems of ~ I m i t o r i i l g the r.rork/res-l; cycles ~iC!-xin t h e squad~on, espec-iaELy f oy ff iglr2; cre7,qs and plsne captains, t o ensure -Lhst opeya%ionai &mands do not o v e ~ h ppe,i%o.r?nel snd c a s e seTio-zs f a-Ligue problems,

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--scpj-i? , ~ , ~ ~ n < r ; d o 3 , the Sa-fe*i;y fJ f fieey f afi i l layiza Kycse l f -'yqj-jtkl f)ird.n?;q~e :safeky p ~ ~ c ~ ~ ; i o n s , espec-izliy those concernifig L~U-X?/U.~J-?/J-~~~ 31! @: : , a ~ : ~ ~ ~ r . , e ~3 ; 2 1 3 ~ " and TER:sg XlC 81 and 82 b~mbs; sr,&xey,- fins; X..i< 22L, para- cl;ye-; 7sLTj-+5 and L4U-10 $ads; 2 , 7 5 ~ and ZujyI ycckei;s; l{k: L Gunpod,: r . r - s ,1'.-7E i afAd 4-1~(-3~/D missiles; and a l l a;Tqing/zuzini <trices cs ed *~5k12 --..--.. I She zbove O T & ~ ~ C B ,

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Prior to ciejp1oyrfitxi-b a squadron Survi-v~l, Evasion, Xesista ace, Escape (SEE% ) Board was es-Labxished t o coord ina t e requir~ma n';s for eyuFprfienL, . L l o i n i n g , - -.,, e, lectures, a n 6 reference m a t e r i a l s f il these f i e l d s . The board 5s caiposed of thb Avia t ion Safety Officer as chainmn; Survival Officer; Air Zntelligenpe OTficer; Aviators E q u i p z n-; Officer; M a t e r i a l Offleer; and assigned FTight Surgeoc, The mos-i Lxportaa-L work of 'chis graup was acco;nplisktc?d p;.ior t o depl&jnner.t and during the - t r a n s i t from WST to P.!!C; f imt , by leciging upon, add obtaining, s t a n d a r d i z e d survivsl i terns fo r f l i ,gY~ crews; secood,! by arranging a syllabus 02 surviv.val lectures and t r a i ~ i n g periods; and tp i rd , by sex sning survival p~blicat i ons aad making a v a i l a 5 i e the most usef~l ones as rec-dirzd reacing m a ~ e r i a l ,

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E * Lectures , .ca

(1) SZ asis T e ~ r a i n 5%. A e f - 3.. hr,

( 3 ) Eedical Survit-21 :';ems; Firs-t Aid and Self Aid - l kyQ

(&) ~ n b c a i s and Insects, Sharks and Ses Sns!ces - i hr. (5) ~ r l s o b G r of W a r / ~ ~ n e v a ~ o n v e n t i o n / ~ o d e of Conduct - 1 hr,

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( 6 ) E j e c t i o n Seat Oper a t i o n / ~ a r a c h u t a Descent over Land and Fiatzr - 1 (7 ) Survival Equipment Preseri tat ioa arid Demonstra~bion - I hr*,

( a ) Size 2nd type of survival k n i f e ,

jb) 9 m, p i s t o l vs 38 Cal, l?evolvei-

( 9 ) Ael-ornzdical Topics - &./I hz, periods, (a) Oxygen Sensw

(b) ZJec t ion Sense

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Eespensibilit ies ,

Review 02 ;c"MedEc a 1 ope ra t ions )

Survival

(2) Disanaed E j e c t i o n Sea t D r i l l

( 3 ) Fa~iichu'ie Separat ion Drills (using overhead hoist, and spreader ba- rsi-th h..ho-t l e n g t h of risers and Koch fi-;tings

(f ) 1,r~q 1.3 Day and Night Sign2Hs

I I Comparison of mzx height sf Lrajec5oi-iss

( c ) 36 cal,, Tracers I

(6) Water Suraival/ile:~o Pickup - by a r r a ngem f i t w'i$h shf p/st a t 5.02

- , (1) SEN School ( ~ r r m ~ j w i c k / ~ o r t h Isia nd ) - co;og~e-i~l; r :r.r ... .;l-l;.e;! ?;-lo;. enharing conha-ti s;~era'cioi.ms,

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* . (2) Aviation ' I2yaiolo,y T r a i n i n g U g i t Courses - e-_. 2TLy y2

IA1d COEEVATTA 1:RLANT D5ST 3 T L O , BIG

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ihe following a r e ba3:i.c reierences firaxil praWssp3.i.yir,e rrt n l a n n i n g and s&rmissioa of yeep-jrsmsnLs ;

f a ) COIEJAV.-~!LXXLA~?? NOTICE 102170 of 16 OCT 55,

Sub j : 1.via-l ~s Jungle ?ersonai/Srrrvival Eqcipm: ;;L I ,

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Sub j 2 kv i c t c r s Jungle ~ e r s d n a l / S ~ v i v a l Equipment (inc22ided as encl. (1) t o a b o v ~ CHAL WOTE).

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( a ) COI"r,7AI!3rESoT'PAC NOTICE Ol3COO of 9 ;-G'!i 65,

et'iack c a r r i e r sqdzdron fi.igh-t crew members have been - .G-povidsd wi4;k ->,,<fo xa.i;e-aodel -ya&j-js, 18 p-.=-" cbbblc3s ' esch L

p i l o t 2nd. RIG 0." our sq jadror , xhlas issued ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ / ~ ~ - - ~ Q - 4 + " "

(onc-piece, r n - s e g ~ ~ l radio ' ;o c a r r y ok? his person; 3 cd 2 PJ~C -Ls;E separcta bat tery) radio w g s w pc;!.Gd ,- yr, in each XSSK-1 sea% k i t il~ a l l . a i r c r a f C , Tks yg -A 7 0 -hype rscio 2s a a real jesml--hsndg, c~rcipact, 2nd wi-& a very l o w f a i l u r a ra<-,e comp;y& 60 ths vacilPh9 series), we fit%& c ~ - ~ ' ; ~ ~ pouc52s Tor 0-p;;. Fa;'-": ,h/ "?c U, ~.~-bh neck st. aps 3 fid e-& - a24;s for the speakcr-pl?,o~s, .. .. Leiescoping s,:ctcnna, aad opera t ing s-i~ilcch, i~ormai czrriaga in a pocke-& cn the surviva2, ves-L fs rscorrir:euided, rz%her $hen around the neck. Ti~?~ever, once Pn a surviv;l si-bualloo, %he r a d i o cad be pulled out, skiing quEc4f-y sroung %he neck, -thzi? carr ied 'and operated freely wi"cou'c r squ i r iag t k ~ ? - 4 and effor t -bq remove from pouch o r pocixs-i,

a - (See eomr,en$4 under Ka-LeyT;?_ Co5-0: - ' , .L- < , , , - T: 2 : ~ s ~i . - > -

13 icj;lne f~3.;igce eks,=, 1'~ *- 1 .:--.; cy$?:,.s, b s l n f ~ a ~ 0 f - i ~ Y-fi" e;?a-'- " *

-.- " - ,. . These @an be s tuffed f ,?-;o s-GY-viv?, -v:. 5 t L>,' _ --_- (I .:--- > L A . . - .8

pcc ke-i; ,

,; " . . suyvivaT- eqdipmenf-,, Ti2eJr aye fay s . ~ j S e ~ j - ~ y i 1 12 ;:j:~-~;::',

sild comj;acj-ness, to t : n , , m *.LC, 9'--~&-~',exf I.!c~; p 5" Sj':" A;~L-- " \".' - 1 x Z .s A. " , , \

I - G e n ~ p d list of ,poneen-bs is ay'izc'r;s6 E,3 G, -&4.~,-"i-,-.*- '.i\ A 2 . :. 2.j t. [ - { A ,J : 0

~ " $ 3 ~ ~ , % :<-br -: - s issued q3y CQ,,qzAqE;a!ES'":pj\C .i;L:2gn ; , ;yT~>: i .z2c,-L

L . 3 . c;;u< -c i-; 3 -'- ,.,, .i*~n, packages measures ' T ; ~ ~~~2~~~ irc;ccs, Ecbi2 c a z *.--'- - i jG

,;;,,;clc;&ted in u 5 singi~ ,, *' .&x$~ ?-ir,$Fi 2oc'/pA ,-db 0 ~ 7 ';pis s - s-arviwax ' ~ ' 3 5; . aeopie 2:tcy-~ey , ~ c e j ) p~efeyred -Lo cay ry $hem f n %wo f~a -~~pseke-E ; s zc;>;e,z back of the survival ves tg thus a l s o providing s sxi2;1. bsck-ped,

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DECLASSIFIED

(d ) Jungle Descent -.. -..- Line. - For descending froin a chute caught i n high t ~ e e s ( t rees lOOr o r higher a r e not uncommon i n t he h i l l s of NV.), each crew member was issued 100 fee t of Type III shroud line. This 500-~ound t e s t l i n e i s less

r bulky than the % inch tybu la r nyloiq described i n Cross- feed 1-66, y e t still ? len ty s t rong t o sun?ort a n y known

I p i l o t / ~ 1 0 qrovided t h e proper technigue i s ennloyzd, 9 ! . - ..-.,,,,,,,- / The trick i s t o re lease one Koch f i t t i n g a t a time, a f t e r

/ t h e descent ' l i n e i s r i g l e d and t i e d t o tlie c!zute r i s e r s , - -

and a t t h e ;:Erne time lowering oneself gen t ly onto the suppolg-L of :;lie shroud line, A woyd "c the ui3'inlar-y: if you- re lease - both Koch f i t t i n g s s i n u l t a neously atid "dropQ onto the shnoud l i n e support, a combination of high G- Zozding and i n s t a n t ffrictZon heating on t h e sh-coud l i n e ~ ~ 2 . 3 . pop Lh(3 line and dump yo-2 quickly i o t h e dec'x aLrc0s-l

i every ti1-22,

,-,..* 6 . (el ----- SignaI. ? e m 3, :ne iiir Forca S43 73eo~Ze recoxrqend c a r r y i n g a brigin-k-eo lored c lo th p a n e l f o;: ~ r i s u a l g~ounci-Lo-air

, s igna l l ing , Our ga ra lo f t made up 12 X 36 inch reversible f l o u r e s c e n t r e d and chartreuse ~ a n s l s f o r a l l ZZi.gh"ccrews t o carry, '

( f ) W a t e r B o t t l i s , A canteen i-s p r e t t y bu;kg t o czrry aroxnd 1 i n %he c o c k z t , but a p l a s t i c 60z, baby bottle ilzlies a n . - e f f e c t i v e w;ter container t h a t can e a s i l y be 2Lzezc 1r.l a i pocket on t ;e surv iva l vest. The A i r Force i s <o>J ; i s su ing these baby bo-ltles t o a l l their S 3 l S T 4 costst ; crews, Accxd5.n.f: t o Dengler and others, t l i i r ~ 5 i s e:z of

t h e most im ~ e d i a t e ~ rob len i s upon " a r r i ~ i r o - ~ ' b i n a su -v lva l s i t u a t i o n , 30 a r e a d y "nip" a t the b e p ; i n n i n q is 3 gcs5 t h i n g -to h a y e ,

mistaken T:"c;.- f l a k or ~ m z ' i l ari.,ls fire, 'The grezr : ai-.*'. y e l l o w c z ~ t . i r j d g e s are ~o" i ,u r ren t ly avai]-zble ir: nT2v.i. c,

supply, ';.~.-i, may- be ordered open purchase from Pe~;%~:.~.i;: " , A S S O C : ~ Z ~ Z Y ;, ?enns-ylvatnia Avenue, f:falveyjn, Peni?s~~l-i:ia,:<z .,

.- ~;.-:;,..~~.~nd - ! + f- r- a t l e a s t -?OX? each of red, yellcws ~ ? i , >, T- , - .~~=: - . - ., L, ,.+

':.,'; * .'. a 3 i s - b o l s , ,- "I ,. ~ ..-..-a

ine A i r Wicg o b t a i n e d su f f i c ie f i t Syili-i,:: & ;.:.,..:.~-;.z ;" ri:72, a~'corfiatic ~ 5 . s t o l s for a i l f l igh- t crews, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : p ~ ~ . : ; , ; ; - :

3 '04 ,,A\: the gun is r e ~ o r t e d t o jam occasionally, z<;.:ri;i- c~:;-~::- ne!: continue to c a r r y t h e .38 revolver, r q i t i ? both bd--.. Id c. .-. -s..

z c d -;:flacer artno. a he t r a c e r s w i l l r i s e a t l e ~ e t -i:::s ;;- Ligh through a jungle csnopy a s a i?enci?l fla~c ctirt=idge1 1

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~ i . a s ? , i c ~ u r ~ & v a l Char-Ls. Ship2s A I o b t a i n e d these upon C

f i r s % arrivaiL a t Cubi, and issued them t o a11 f l igh* crews. iflorth Vietnam,' and nuuch of Laos, i s covered i n s ix 1:250,0013 charts p r i n t e d back-'GO-ba ck on t h r e e plas'ci sheets. SOX$ o r all o f these c a n be f o l d e d and p l a c e d in a flig1lC kuit pocket . The p l a s t i c sheets can be used ss a poncho br I( %round cover.

llorfiine S t p e t t e s , ~ i ~ e s e ' a r e issued by ip i r t Surgeon, resgectj-vivcly, o r ior t o a r r i v a l

I/ t .

(k) - Arrmonia Am-iuLes, Four of Lhesa were t aped inside ezch . f r o n t and TO$T COCQYG and four rnorc i ssucd t o each a i y -

crer;man. (~7k didn1-L have t o use any, but Ciiey could r:.c.sn' the differeapa ic. kee$.r;f: you cor~seious if i n j u ~ e d , u n t i l youlre back t o the ship or a t l e a s t o u t t o sea. )

Eack "T;-iisi; !:iatches, Ai;.Lant r e c o m ~ e n d e d aimroval t o -_------̂-

1T -4~T2T?S? iT ,CO1 and s - ~ b m i t t e d our requisY~ioas 20;" olyiiaj..ging ni,s&e" ~ r i s C ~?~a.ratches f o r fl'.gh<i crre\rs, ("'nose

&L:*C.? at s aersonal eiSraved and fancy ones wii;h wee-L sen-Li y q

are best left Ln the dra~~e: , a l o n g with a l l - r i n ~ s , e-Lc,) have nev. i r r ece i ved e5-%her f i n a l word on our request,.

0, t he wa-tc hes , Recommend- a d d i t i o n a l f allow-up viz ----..cL

AirLal~';, to see if you can obtain these. ( ~ e f : m-Lh. Itr ser 282: of 14 J U N 66; C~TAL-332B i k r ser 3354 of 6 jlTL 56, sub3 : A v i a t o r s ;jack Wrist l i latches),

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Torso ~ a r n e ' s s / ~ u r v i v a l Vest ?&;;gs. Most people i n t h o v-- - - sq~aa:coil hsm?e used the FA-2P pTessure s u i t hamess and

A. LLy modlf icd S~:,-1/2 S u r v i v a l Vest com'oination szCis_?:~ct o-*' t hrouyihc~ut : khe cyuise. ,Three F-ii e jeclions , a;.l S U . C C C S S ~ ~ ~ ~ ,

weye ;nzde -$it11 it, and a l l involved w a t e r r^lsata-l icn, :rith the iG(-3C l i f e preserver a t t a c l~ed t o Chs s u ~ v ? . v ~ l vest

,tL/3s (a c l i p fyb;? the bo-ttom 'of the vesk t o the ly5'.;3 i i2i7rar ofi each sif;: adequately ttres.trains the 14X-3C fro:: "; A A c;. Ai rp dm

t o o high) , 11 This ?Qh-2P harness/ves.t combination i s ~~riich cooLe~, pr$vides be t ter f readom of novcr~,~r;t, ao? sn&lcs quicker acc,?ss -bo injured t o r s o ayeas of ';I>,(?, '~od.7'~ 'cc;cn !does the st ahdard cloth-enclosed t o r s o h a r i x s s , i'.s :.; .type and l o z p t i o n of pockets on the survival vc,:L, t::~:;-a seeyo t o be nD two neopie who want exac-bly the sane .t4?~i.~:g

N+ have found it best t o s t a n d a r c ' i z c IJ;~.~-.c possi?,lc, bui; a l l ow each crew member to a r r ange iod iv l -dus l ly r.rit.th t h e arbl loft fox- exac t l o c a t i o n of pockets arid gaa r

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I 1 1 1 Proficiency ii split "S t ' \ ;and high G spiral is necossmy in the coxbat environrien-6 ir Nort'nlVie$nsrn and should be practiced a t every opportunity, inc luding a t $ight, pr ior : $0 deployment, Do not rush the niglit work, hoi~ever, and "p ewe -of t53 t e r r a in over which you! re working. VX-51 s U,if on and;i-S&Y tactics pravides excellent basic guidance arid idmaneuvers from which t o / start. All, 9 i l o t s must ;be aware of the altitudo/airspeed conbinations b~iicki I perni t $he safe exekukion of complete split IiStt break,

'I ' I A 1 E-TO-G??,OUIK) : LiELmRY .--- TACTICS

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This squadron/ employed s teep dive angies (b50-600), weather. permittiag, i n order t o m1 nimize r i s k ' and t o increase accuracy of ordnance delivery. dftei.'ourni;rs [ere used id p u l l up prior t o r o l l i n g i n so as t o , decrease tlze Lime of v l l n e r a b i l i t j b a n d rninimise r isk . Release altitudes should be ~ b o v e ,!45OO: feet , ' , and generally, 6000 gee* i s preferable. Mininum

' pull out a l t i t u d e shodd jte 3000, ALthough the OR1: does not provide a realistic propor.t$on;of; "testing" i n the Air-to-Ground mission, a large part of the pke-de@oyment t ra in ing cycle must be devoted t o t11i.s work. Practice varying qn-Lry conditions o f a l t i t u d e and airspeed ( there is no such thing as a lkcinned runtt in North vietnm). For variety (t12e bad weather days) it w i l x : be m rthwhile to practice LO0 and 2G0 rocket runs tjlCh a rnmirnm' s i m u $ ~ t @ d alti-bude of 5000 f ee t ,

ThLs squzdron encountered; no air opposit ion on this deployment, h'ovover, I,

, the frequency o f MIG encdunters i n the area of operations i s i n ~ ~ e a s i n g and proficiency i n ACN s$.ould be s t ressed in prede2loyclenl 'kaining, Knowledge of the enemy' s faircraft weapon systems, and air-to-tir tac.tics is essential f o r 6 combat: ready F-b squadron. vX-L KEX on A i r C o ~ ~ b s t Ma,neuvering provides an excel lent , text.

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Coordinated s t r i k e s were : s cimduled I& th incrc.~sL;>g "~cjuency 6wili.g GU

tour on line* The ~~~roup -g rope" . . should be sihacticed ;z L cor;i'iaence bu i lde r - i)iscounting flak and SANfs, there nvth in5* i i k e 16 to 20 airpl~nes diving %rho the s a n e a i r space ~o r a ~ c s s o or<-cnc- n-; approxir2atcly the same time, Coordinated a'itscbs csn be rc;:.isti za;.; :I-

prac';iced by a d iv i s i on of airpl=es on almos-b any L~ype t ~ r . z o t ( l e s s o r d n a c e ) . Getting Lo the r i g h t po in t in space at the r i @ L -,k;,-i 2s -t:;itl

i~cimrtxnnt th ing here, zfid it does take practice, C ~ o r d i i ~ a t e d s.tr .il;cs on heavily deZcnded t a r g e t s take much planning and demand z h L g h dezree of p r o l i c l c n sg in execulion,

117 tTv-i $-? . .--. -I- . T .n P, tho rriaxiwiin gross ~ ~ ~ g h t / ~ ~ ~ n d - o v e ~ - ~ v e r - d e c i ~ l k n i tst..lcr.$ of t h c FS3; -Lho optimm F-4 configuration was found to be as 2ollo.iis:

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I am-- t - <I , - - - .- - - - - " - -- - --

S'I'A 1&9: -- Tzak e o n s --.--.lsy ~b~/adapters -- WR o r TER

STA 2 : ---.L-- LlilJ-17 2 LAU ?A, Am 933 o r 9B L 3

STA 8 : -.- L A U , ; ~ ~ W/aZapterp TEB

This ca?figurg'cion pzrlilit~ ail t he Mexibility necessary f o r Yznkee Tesm operations, Bomb loads u t i l i z e d ranged f ~ o m b Mt8I.l~ t o 12 62rs , 02

821s and 4 03 's fo;- %he l i f a strikes. Six U U SBis have beer: uCiiized, %re .than 6 rbkc.t packs CinG impractable f o r the l'lalc scp'pzession role since the has no rockc,; r ippie capab i l i ty . IncoTL3ox-stion of rc;cicc-L ? a i r s is a r~u~$-t, MU-lots' have been u t i l i z e d but i inrrquently due to t h e shipts reqkuirenent Lo ,?eturn t i re empties l o r reload. Lii';-lois shoxld he l o a d e d on s t a t i o n s 1 8: 9 to mj-nimize the possibility of FOD f ~ o m the rocket notors, 1% is unde,.;irable t o carry any ordrXince hardware back t o Lhe ship b ~ t h frcm ' the drag and the l and ing weigh-t penal t ies realized. The %'terns u n d $ r l i n e d above remained on t he a i r p l a n e a t a l l times, There was no a d a s % ' ' u t i l i z e d oa s t a t i o n 2. This was to permit the car r i age of t he A M 9Di missiles, C .lee adapter hardware becomes ava i l ab le (L.4J-17 tu LAU-?/ i i~i t +D with TER i n s t a l l e d ) it i s recommended t h a t %he TER I adapter be lo$% on s l a t i o n 2 as well ,

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Yissile 1 o a d s " f o r a m e d resce missions wero one Axil{ 9 and or,e AIM 72. Tfie '7Echos1r were u t i l i z e d ~xclusively, BARCAP and TA3C4P l o a d i n g was 2 and 2 during the day and2 1 and 1 a t n ight , The missile Load xas radxced to permit increased 1andi.n: fuel . The 3!$300 a s . rnax iacdi.ng c lesrnnce was n o t u t i l i z e d except as subsequentlyr notad, Ci;en t h e 35,000 1Ss, clearance was received f o r the ZE 7 mod I a r r e s t i n 2 gear, cn. 'n'cterop-i r ~ s

0 . . .- mado -Lo u-biliza this addeJ 1,000 l b s , of larid2 ng :;7elyLi;, ; ; i ,zcdiately t h e m b e r of wing s'cringe:? cracks ml t lp 'L ied , RP~ho.;~i7_ mo-, %z-ticaLl-y . - s ~ b s t a n t i a t e d , it is believed t h a t t h e 35,000 i bs . ~-:eIgh-~ a oc. tjle GGCZ--

sionally hard l a n d i n g s at ;his weiqht contribu$ed Lo -Lji ls s t r u c t u r a l damage. In view of t h i s development, 35,800 lbs. t r a p s worc no:: :x ; i i izad except in spec i a l clrcwnst ~~nces ,

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Four a i r p l 3 ~ ~ c s mre eqxLppsd wi th the ?.PD,-~L passive and warning g c : ~ - e Lxrncdistely priox- t c t dcpLuyxtof~%., 'i'his equipncrr-b due t o 2 % ~ i o ' i ~ rei;a- - 1 - bi.lfi y, l a c k of spare p a r t s ,211 t r a i n e d A?/,".~''.s 7 t o ii;ai;?-L;in i 1;; 22 ~c;-pi3a

v i t h the cx,%rcmdy rrdir-tpi e evirorjnen-c of Nor%:", Vlct nr;:fi, oroviZed little or* no L-nprovemen% ia o.yera t iona l capability of -Lhc 7-i: wenpot-is s ys% em,

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dC approxinately the midpoint of t h i s deployment, wiring diagrcms a d the "bllck SPA" f o r the APR-27 warning gear were ava i l ab le t o t h e s y - d r ~ n , The equipncnt has nroven t o be deoendable i n its opera t ion and re l iab le it its warning. ill1 a i rp lanes opera t ing i n the St24 eenvironrnent should have t h i s o r similar zquipment, It suffices to say that -Lhe cir crew neecis '

every advmtaye poss ib le when dealing with tho S.M; I n add i t ion , eqxip- nenG such as t he ALQ-51 i s urgently needed in F-4 aircraft t o operate in %his area of operations.

Trl8IGRS .Illl.c

bfienevgr poss ib le the 3'-GI should cornnence thoir first ap?ro?ch a t maxixwi %rap f u e l . The iU-lr n-iay be effectively u t i l i z c d in this role t o "Top-OffG t h o F-&, Boycver, due t o the IU-4' s normally limitecl amount of zivc away fuel ( 2 r 03 m-lximum rqi t l~out refilling the s t o r e ) , and i t s slow transfer r s t c , it has provcn t o be: ine f fec t ive as an emergency tanker for ths F-b. It has been ernonstrated on several occasions 3% night tkat a i o x s t a t e F-4. on a bol er or a wavd off will be back on the ball with just abou'i. the s m e fue! 1 as t h c Qro4ious pass a f t e r having received 2000 i'ss. from a Kii-4. In adp i t ion , ' t l ~ e l e s s ~ ' L X X ~ op-tirnum r e l i a b i l i t y of the s"sori.

on the iW-4 i n any crnergency tanking situation. This was to recorfirnend 'cmking a t 2000-2400 33s. a t niG1-L and

ibs, during t h e day - depending on the p i l o t i s perfoml?ncc of the pattern. A t night the i ~ i l o t was di-rncted t o so that h i s next b a l l call was at 35,000 lbs . gross

weizht. Thib permitted G i m one e x t r a pass over what he n o m ~ l l y would ant ic ip ,z te , blus a l i t t l e extra f u e l f o r flirregul?rities'9 in tho paLLcm. This tanicingi was done f rc:n the KA-3 with. no y s r t i c u l a r problems. Emergency tanking s'wit chc'logy : IVTYRKT.lL ONLY, IFR TO EXTEI\Q OhTY (XOT TO XXF-UE'J;). ! Tankinp: must: become a very mattermof -f ac t evoi~1tiv-i 2nd

' - proficiency i n tanking i~ abso lu te ly essent ia l f o r S. E. A s i ~ " ~ p e r ~ ~ ~ ; i o : ? s . ~ J L O o . ~ C ~ ~ i l s ~: .oss ~ e i * ~ h t w i t h 1 2 Xi( 82' s urosc3cls ?.G .-- ' '

?,$?her powor settings required t o hanans i n thorc.

Kiz'nt recon<a,issar,ck ~oni~inues to be the most deifi2,ndinz fimis- 1 ofi f L o ~ i in S. E. A. ' VP-lk ' letteib of 8 September 1966 (COMF) discusses proc2dures in d e t a i l . Mt st important, get olenty of n i g h t . ~ c r k . ;:-Lor t o deployncnt . The more $rwticc you at it, the roors conl'or-L2bI.e ~ . i ~ d confident you will f , :el . I

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you stay c'bove 3500 fmt) and 350 imots a;ld jink canstantly, : j o u ~ ci;~.nces at bsinz h i t by ?,AX o r $Li a r e reducedi D!sreg?rd these miniwms 2nd

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The AIM 9D becam av-ailab3.e during t h e i"i.nal, l i n e per iod , In ordec -Lo sz-Lisf actox5ly czrry these: .missiles, the LAU-17 missile pylons ked to be configure-6. for missi3.e. carriage only, due t o t k ~ -:ladk+ o f - p ~ o p o ~ +adaptel - h~rdware, 1% should be nc',ted %in&% because of the no.izavailability of

15 2 pdse fuzed, thz ',)GIs f u l l cap$oil i ty against mane~ve~ing targets cannot be realized. T E s , s h o u l d be b r i e fed in t he event the situa-

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b Bligh-b deck o r i n close i c l~ma t ion with missile power i n standby. The ''-4 nex-b t o you probably f!as his 157 on, The surest CesL is an airborne 5 ynilinute steady se l ec t 7ig:ht. PJ!REP cards must be completed on all flights. 3 r i n g z good su;~fly with you, P r i o r t o d e p l o p e n t , missiles,

- papticulari.y h1l.i 1 s,, shol:ld be carr ied whenever. poss ib i ' - even a t the expense of 435 ibs, m a x t:kp fuel . ?Taving a se l ec t 1igh-L with. a. :gaffer is a b i t d i f fe ren t lfrom the r e a l thing, i t w i l l take a wb.iLe t a .;.at ail t h e bugs 0x-L of -tL,e a i rcraf t system and the bad missile.: sorebed ou-be ?oc!ret note book rec.ords by the ordnance crew a s t o 'id-icc,t rtlisi:3.1es isrere on what planes and wkic'n stations fr2quently helps ~esoS.ve p~t ib iem areas 1j-5.-LhouWdaCailed trc'uble shooting.

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L:ll possible effort should: bo nade t o obtain a T i m a rooster 04: .:*:.r cresjs

I prior t o d ~ p ? ojmenl, Unci$r no circwnst a.nces s i ~ o u l d nugget pi ;ois aid ; ' ; 3 y s ' .- . bc sen t Lo a squadron after the first period on the I i nc , d.i; is Lei% %hat su h personnel represent a liability t o the squodrcc -:.21;5: czfi cause no end of problems. / ; Regardless of the Level Readiness C O I > C C ~ ~ ~ ,

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not x e ~ y to t he ;:ssigned missions of Yankee Tevn ocrj:'~t.5.;r.s, rn . - r?e scjx:{.clrx, pTon the l ine ' ' i s hard pressed and i l l - eq~u ippe5 to p;:07;?.bz

i3in rri-i~:? ',:LC> inecessapy ex;:erience and prof ic iency . The Z i > i . ~ ~ ~ ~ 5 : t b o ~ c is . crew sc2,'l>iii-d y, 7~tJl~ere replacements are necessa~y because 2 i o s s z s , -k::sy sl-ouid q . 2 made with rmre experienced personnel, evcn et the c o s t of soxc sta-L&i.de or Kedi-Lerranean squadron ins-l;abil..i-~y, 3ixtcsn t o eir;h-lecn crc+ appears to be adequatc t o handle the r o u t i r , ~ 7-1: :~q~adron c orr~~itl-r,enls , - -

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HONTH FLIGHT TIIYE CARRIER I;AEDIBGS

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AUGUST 567 352 223 98

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HOWrnER 394

DECEmER &3 P

TOTAL 3842

DOWNCRmED AT 8-YaARS INTERVALS DEcLkssj~\ED DECLASSIFIED UTER 12 YEAR8

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O'PERATZ'ONS STATISTICAL SIIPNARY II

CRUISE DATA [ 21 JUNE & 27 DECEMBER 1966 :I 1

HOURS 2060 SORTIEs 13-37' DAY CV LDG 830 NIGHT CV LDG 275

1 I 11 COMBAT DATA

LIWJ PERIOD PILOTS (%I/ I s HRS SQRTIES LANDINGS D/N

Only in r e c m t years has tjle submission of squadron activities been required. Because of the absence a f repor t s in the earlier years and conf 3 - i c t i i ~ g s tatemen'cs in the various ref ere~lce materials used in prepr i lzg Fighter Squadron FOLrRTEEN His-t;ory, this r r p o s t i s i n f a c t liaited i n coverage. However, the facts stated herein are authenjc and can 'be ver i f i ed ,

Grat i tude must be expressed to TJr. A. 0 . Van Wyen, Naval +4via- t i~x I i i s to r i an , f o r h i s help and advice i n w r i t i n g this his tory .

The squadroil had its first t a s t e of war %board t h e UXS RANGER. A p w t of a huge task force, it struck znd iuivG:lt:c'! t?rct Tu'orth African C0~3s.t; near Casablanca

.. on IJovember 8-11, 1942. VS-!#~ d e s t r o y i ~ i 16 fig'ritors, s t r a f ed e2emy ships and airfie2ds, ancl provided air cover~2ge for lxnding operat ions, Although f i ve TOPI-aTTE1.2 p i l o t s were shot dol~~n, a l l we22 recovered in good health.

In Fcbrunry 1943, the TOPFLltTTFRS were redes igmted VB-41 uncler the command of Em3 S . P, LUNGER. In I\Iarch the squadron boarde6 t h e US3 i.:~33Gm for w a r cx- ercjses in Ar{;entinn, Tie US,S XANGER met ?ad provided air coverzge f o r the SS QUEEN T4l+iiP on t h e lasthctnlf cf t h e voyage ctlrrying Prime I J J n i ~ t e r I;!icston Church- ill t o lais mecti2.g i n Qwbec with Presifte~it F r m k l i n D. 8oosevelt. Brzring the smc y e a r the ~qua?~ren flew the SBD-3 D:qimJTLESB 2nd on 4 August 1943 became de- s igna ted onec again c k ~ VB-4 under LCDR K. $f. MI'UNm.

UB-4 took p2r t in the first Paerican naval s t r ikes in Xorw3y against German fcrces on the f i f t h aS October 1943. VB-4 was t thn a t tached t o Air Group FOUS and t h i s CIQG zt tacked Gcrm2n vesse ls i n Norwayra inner ch<mnel qLt Bodo E!arbor, Al te r F jord , and Kiinnc Bend. 40,000 Tons o f encrny shipping wore reiidered useless, but t h e s q ~ a ~ r o r . . l o s t two z i r c r n f t i n the encounter,

In October 1944, under t h e com~nnd of I,CDR G. 0 . KLTN$l&$+NN, ~ 5 - 4 boar2ed the 'JSS 3ilU(;?3T!ILLE fsr fu r t he r t r ~ i n o f e r tc, the US,S BUNKER BIT?, (CV-17) at Saipan, For the ful lawing fc;ur weeks, the TQPWL!;~T~ZE$ m3.d.e nurqerqus ~trjkes i~ the Phil- x ipines an3 vicinity. They provided. suppcr t for the I, ,x~diags of Lcyte and struck at Orrnoc 5ay -ind Luuzon. On 1 December 1944, the squadxjrcn went aboard the USS ESSM (CV-9) an-' pxr t ic ipated in blanket o p e ~ n t i i m s over Luzon i n coanecticn with the Pfindorz 1:xnding.

The TOPS4TT&3.S were aaong tho f i r s t t o operatc ir. the China Sea nrea (~muclry 1945). Fron! 3 mtil 9 January, the squndron flew sorties against F o n o s a , Okinawn, and Northern Luzon i n support of the Ling3yen I-m-ding. The TOFIL$T could also be seen. a t Two J i m 2 and the *2yttkyu.s.

The TOPE-;XTTXi.;$ war record i s i.ndeecl impressive, It is oxle 09 the very few squadrons t h c t saw acticn in bbth the At lan t i c and f x c i f i c campni@n-ns. The squa- dron received FIVE B b t t i e Stars:

1. Xorth k f r i c s Lsnd.ing, 8-11 Ncvember* 1942 on X S RLIGER 2. I1!orw~y i.?a.i&.a, 2-6 October 194.3 on US3 RAT!GE2 3. Support of beyto Operations, Nsvember 1944 ofi US%*I) u n & 4. Support of Mindora and Lingaxen Operatix-is, December 1944 - June

194-5 03 UXS ESSEX 5. Support of Iwo Jima O;?zrations, February 1945 on USS ESSM,

The squadron nl-so received t w o Presidential Unit Ci ta t i cns as u n i t s on board the USS Es'JTJKZIB ZILZ and the USS ESSXX. A f t e r participating i n the f i r s t naval carrier a i r s t r i k e s sn Tokyo, the squadron under LCOR i!. '.j. CA1JIOT3T\N re turned t o t h o S t a t e s .

A t first VB-4 w a s s t a t ioned n t Alemeda, Califcsnia, but was s o m moved t o Watsonville, Calif cmia, On 8 July 1945, VB-4 was t ransferre i l t o COkZJAVAIRWqT and reported t o WiLciwocd, New Jersey cn 17 Ju1.y via Quuonset F*int and there the squa&on remained u n t i l the formal victory aE the Al-lies and the end of World War X I I

obsesved this p i l o t on one of: h i s sprees and proposed the TOPUT as the new squadron insignia. Fightsr Eq~~aclron ilNE unnnaoinously approved as i t s new in-

* s i e i a the TOFflAT whi.ch h3.5 re?.::ii~icd t o the present although the squadron has <

been known at various times as the 3IGR &~;'TTERX, INT-IN-THE-RmG, and presently, the TQP3,QTETG.

In the early 1930ts due t o the prevail ing economic condition of the coun- t r y arising fro^ the s tock market crash, naval sLvfntion wc:.s sdvcrsely affected ar.d operations wore vcry limited, During t h i s period the TOPiLlT oailed on the wooden f l i g h t deck o f the US$ $!AMTOGA (CV-3) and remained attach24 t o the f lSAMTt from 1923 t o 1938. The squn-dron's home por t was then $an Diego, Califor- nia.. F~om 1927 t o 2.935 the squndron flew f i ve a i r r a f t : FB-5, FZB, !?8~-4, and tho i"tB-3t In July of 1931, L O B G . F. SOGAN returned t o the re ins f o r the sec- ond time. Ke w,.ns rel icvcd on 4 Junc 1932 by LCDK I?. I?. SHERF3 (4), who on 1 July 5733 burned over 1 1 . i ~ camn;zr~cl. t o LCDB M. T . SELIG!=I.A.N.

Later, the squndronts designation was again changed. On 1 July 1934, i t becane known as VB-23 still f l y i n g tho F~B-3. With the new 6esign;nltion came a new skipper, J,CDR 1%. I?. FI&GG. T112 squndron was des t ined t c remnin VB-2B f o r - three yeam. LE. 1937 they were informed t h r t again t h e i r designation would be changed $9 frequently were desigr,n-ticss changed t h n t t h e fol.l3wir?.g excerpt is found in E?AUEE NEWS LETTW NG 48 of 15 Apri l 1937:

"We m e proud of 'Bombing Twp ' . We hme held t h n t nrme f o r nearly three years , a.nd we krl2pc wc have borne i t ~ 5 t h credi t . Sefors th,?<t we workc:,d hard for Figh-ting be., , .Tre.ki.-i;jon fomns a large p a t of t1.e foundltian of the Navy, n r 2 the t r a d i t i o n of ally unit is connccter! w i t h the naEa that un i t . We build our tradition on a numbzr and the nw~iber chaz~ges. We rebu i ld t h . ~ tra2i-i;inn ?ad again the lumber cfimnges., , . '!

Apparently this l i t t l e writeup had no inflr,~ence for on 1 July 3-95?, VB-2B be- came VB-3, b a t s:me year the squn2&ron received the $D2U-1 VINI)ICtLTO2 tmd a new CO in SsptemSer, LC9R I, D. WTLTXIE.

m 1938, VB-3 bomc?ed the USS &WXiZ? (CV-4) with t h e i r VIFTDIChTORS. In 1939 the sq-u~i?.r ?n wau renzme:?~ 17~-4 ;mi: on 15 i$:.~rch 1~41, it becrime VS-41, A month. 3.ater LCDR WiZZicm G. R'L~?RI$ asc;wnccl coi~rnnriC!. '.The squai.q~m changed their bunks from the US$ FLrihTCE3 t o t h e 3% VORK:fO\dN (31-5) f o r ' s h n r t spera t iona l CTU$.SBS -" . .*

Phy 1941 foun?. ITS-41 in N(irfolk still f l y i n g t h e i r VIXDICAT3RS. The squaw d r l q once $.gain b<~lr:rcli-ti the USS 2tJJt>EB f c r various exercisocj upgn a cruise t o t h o Clpe o f G ~ c d Ilopii, they received word o f the Japanese z t tack on Pear l Harbor, For .?he ramninc'er of 1941 ,?nd early 1942, VS-41 trr.ined f o r action in Bcmurl~, Ncrfolk, and quonsct Paint. In April 1942, the ~qual?rnn furniqhed delc?,ch~cnts Sos the U S S RI!J~GCR while she trqnsportt .d Arrny xircraft ; t o Africa. Skipper K+&il;?IS w:is rel5.eve6 by I,CDR C;~~RPDj'JTER in Krj, but the new commanding o f f i c e r wzs kill~6. just two d % y ~ l a t c r ; the succeeding GO, LCI)B L. P. CARWR, took cornm:>.n6. on I Junc 1942.

4, ADH:C2:?411 F, P. Spjl:pi&Y won fame in t h e Pzi.cific f ~ r h i s ~ c t i o z z s during World War I$.

Shortly E f t c r thz war, the TOPF%TT4%S operated from Xorfclk and sailed on the US$ GTJii'DI:LC>J;JZL and t'n? ilSS TARAWi;. In 1046 the squndron began flying the - SlQC-5 HX&&2TVER c~cd on 15 Nove?n'oer, ~5-!+ w3s redei; i ,patcd VL-1A. & 1 May 1947, VA-LA was shore-bnse:i iit S i i ~ Diego. During th:t gear, the squndron dew ployed f o r a h w t c ~ p e s z t i . ~ n a l cruises aboard the USS T.ARGf:*JA.

0x1 &?rch 17, 1948, Vti-l.-1- rcccived thir first F ~ u CORSAIR ancl on the 24% of June, 1948, LCDR James WYHICI< zs::unei? cornrand, but was shor t l y re l ieved by LCD@ Ll. E. SUB-KE, Jr., on 27 July 1 9 4 8 ( 5 ) ~ ~ ~ r o x i r n ; ~ t e y three weeks later, VA-14 depl3yed aboard the USS TAliAhIA wi th A i r Group ONE for a round-the-world-cruise. After ~ o n p ? ~ c t i o g nf this cruise , vA-14 r e c ~ i v e d orders that its home station ,

would be Cecil. Fie ld , Flor ida , nncl on 19 December 1949 was d e s i ~ r i a t c d Fighter Squndran FOlETEE8 (W-14) with an all-waatlner intercept mission; LCDR 3. C, COATS becnme skipper. From 1949 through 1953 the TQPHATTmS boarded n;aay vlfighCing Ir:dicsn fo r ~2.tor.t ope ra t i~ l in l . cruises: USS LEYTE, TJSS PI31[ZIPPIMX GZA, 3XS S130XEY, USS S.AZFi\N, USS ORISIGiNY, USX KUUb GTJIJ?, US$ WUP, US6 L$KE CWLPIPIA\IW, and thr. TJSS F38KLIE D . RC!C;OSE?,mLT (CVL'L-42) .

By 1954 the TO?i?/iTTXi;S were prap.re+* f o r the edvent o f th.e jet. Receiving 12 F3D SKYWIGHT all-wenther f ich ters i n J ~ ~ u a r y 1954, 1~-14 deg1cyed t o Key West fay in tensive n igh t i : ~ t~ r ce~ : . t c t r t r a i n b g . Lt was cturI.~,g this period that VF-14 adul~tei! t h e i r motto: 9t1bJE DO ?iOT FLY I N SPITE OF THE WEATF32, BUT WITH

MQVIJ!BGE CF Xy??, LCS)R V. E. ZZNION w a s thexi in command.

In the ea r ly f a l l of 1955 the TOFR,"iTTE2S were inforrfied thn t they were %urn- ber one cn the list'' to tr.a.5-n i a t h e Envy's r;ewcst night fLc;hto& the F3H-2N llE3'40Nq 0x1 8 K3rch 196 the s q ~ ~ d - r o n receivetl its first DEMON, From 1757 t o 1959, v$'-'-14 pnrt icig- . ted in two MeGiterrai~ean doploymonts, a Dl!+TO cruise , and numcrous f l e e t exercises, a l l ab~saril t1:e USS FDX, affectrioaa,tely known as the "XlSTXq9, FJ~: s u p c r i c ~ r ~ c r f o r m ~ n c e in f i sca l 1959, the TOPfi'ATTE3S were awarded the Commnsder N;;:vul iA,x- Forcc, At ian t i c Fleet 3attle Ef f lc icncy "8" and the Chief cf Nnvztl Orer:*2tit:ns S.fe.ty f~wnrd (both z.~~~~-r:?~s as all-weather interceptor

VF-14 :i?erzti"ns for f i ~ c a l 1950 ccnsiated of two fleet exercises, a weapons system evalunt ioa , 3.122 a. Mediterranean 6eglog~cint absard the IiOSIE, Again W-$4 ccpped the COtQJAVil$I!LT.NT Dattxe Efficiency 9qE!! m d the CEO $af e t y ikw,wnr2, ( f o r all-weather in terceptors ) .

During fisc::l. :.96l FTT;?ON 14 orrc:? rnorc prcvcd itself as the best all-weather f i gh to r scjuedrsn 2-r, 'chi? Navy. Addine FIRST t o i t s rcaorc!, tha TQFWtj?TE;IS w ~ n z $38T3;'H the CQX3AirPai',:2:II:Z~1UT :;.n?, CCNO awards marking TE?EE c9nsecutive winning years (Mscal. 1$59-60-61), Dur-j,nz f i s c a l 1961, Fiqht in ' FOURTEEN p:?rtici:j?t ed in a short Ct~ribbean t r n i n i n g cruise and ancthcr extendcd Madi-kormnea~r tenure a b ~ a r d the YES J?DR.

The TQPILr~TTE1iiS, known f cr mmy yez-rs as the q'Worle! ' s First Gvd Forernos'c, F ig t~ te r 8qu~drcn;" ffecl t b t they have establishecl a h i a t o r y that more thm e n t i t l e s ti-tcm ta t h i s slogcan: F i r s t in origin, Forcmcst i n acbievoncnts!

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5 + The squun6ron wzs rede i~na . t ed i?tt-:cli gqu-tdrcn FOU2YXBq (v,.-14) on 2 AUG 48,

An elemen% o f Air Detachment, Paqlf ic Fleet at Piego, ColL$Pornia

Torpedo P$a.n?~e Sqqadron FIV3 (VT-9)

Pat ro l Squadron it-$ C~mbat 8qt1twon it

Fighter 8quadron $ (W-l)

VF-$$ .$nsi@;nia adopted

VB-41 t later in 1943 became V@-4 agajn.

90 NOT FlrY f N SPITE OF TEE !@+.rAT'BWf BUT M T B fi FIfGNO~sf"L$l%E OF I T t r , motto adpptqd.

Refe~~ace: Aviat ion Mistorgaq Foom 2303-A N w t t i ~ n s BuLldipg C ~ ~ s t i t ~ t i ~ ~ ?V~QUB Waskingtan 25, D. Go

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1919 I5 JUN 1920 23 $EP 1921 4 M Y 1922

JVr, 1924 MAE 1925 JAN 1927 JUL 1928 Jm 1939 JmJ 1931

4 Jura 1932 3. J'JL 1933

JUL 1'334 29 JVJ 1939

sm 1937 OCT 1939

1940 ARB 1941 YAY 1942

1 1942 DE;C 1942

194-3 1944

6 ?ur\r 19k5 z8 JUL 1947 24 ~ r n 1948 27 JU& 1948 10 JUX $950

DEC $951 DEC 1952 JAN 3.9% APR 1955

3.0 AP3 1957 1 MQV 2-93?

29 Jvfv 1959 16 $a? 1960 16 1960 16 JAN 1962