I believe the CF-101B’s pictured from Comox belonged to the 409th Nighthawks. Used to visit us at McChord back in the 60’s.:diablo:

Flew in / out of there in ’80 / 81,SCARY. seem to remember a group of “Hulks” (Cathay Pacific) resting about the perimeter.:dev2:

I surely thought the subject of “Poorly maintained aircraft” in the Red Eagles was an issue that had been settled. Obviously, I’m incorrect. I guess the years I spent helping to put the unit together from Day One and maintaining the acft was all a dream. Sure did seem real tho.

Who built the best MiG-21?

All the MiG-21’s were great aircraft, but the ones “BUILT” by the 4477th Red Eagles were PROBABLY the best of the lot.

Aussies in VietNam,Canberra sqdn.

I find this interesting from a personal point of view. I was with the 612th TFS “Misty” flight as a crew chief(F-100F’s) at PhuCat AB and we were transferred as a unit to PhanRang.When we tried to get our **** together at PhanRang, all we met was opposition, no one wanted us there,we did everything wrong, etc etc, youve heard the story before i’m sure. Bottom line, I needed a forklift to offload a bunch of stuff,MY OWN AIRFORCE couldnt/wouldnt help. I approached #2 Sqdn, and they let me borrow a forklift,without their help, we would not have completed our tasks on time. They would accept NOTHING in return, (thank god as we had little to offer. ) A fantastic group of folks, we were invited to their club and made complete fools of ourselves throwing darts.(Damn those folks could drink) Went to work one morning and a small yellow kangaroo was stenciled neatly on the vertical fin of all our “Huns”, underneath in small letters it said”Fine Lads”. Many thanks from an old dude, I never forget.There is a fraternal / unofficial organization”Brothers in Arms”, believe me.

Flexible drives,Aero,Auto or Marine?

Sorry ’bout that, but they look like the flap drive cables used on the electric trailing edge flaps on the T-33 and F-105. I apologize for not being more specific.

Lets see your nose art / a=2’s

I know nothing of the WW2 Bomber groups / sqdns, but I DO recognize at least 4 Sqdn insignia that went on to be FIS /FWS units in later years. Neat stuff, thanks.