lets try this…

I’ve never posted placemarks before so hopefully this will work.

So far I found these airbases. Many of them are high res. Can anyone name them or add missing ones ??

01 Bien Hoa
02 Long Thanh
03 Da Nang
04 Phan Rang
05 Cam Ranh Bay (Nha Trang airport)
06 Nha Trang
07 Phu Cat
08 Bai Thuong
09 Kei An (Hai Phong)
10 Noi Bai (Hanoi International airport)
11 Gai Lam (Hanoi)
12 Kep
13 Yen Bai
14 Binh Thuy
15 Tan Son Nhat (Ho Chi Minh International Airport)

Have added Bac Mai (southwest Hanoi) which is home to the air force museum

From Globalsecurity.com…

“Since its inception as a joint Army and Marine program, the OV-1 Mohawk had been a center of controversy. Actually the Army and Marine requirements were never compatible and compromises were made that suited neither. From the Army’s viewpoint, the original design was compromised by shipboard requirements and other specific Marine specifications which had little application for an Army observation aircraft. From the Marine viewpoint, they were looking for a fixed-wing replacement for the old Cessna light observation aircraft and they did not require sophisticated sensor systems which they planned to carry on other aircraft. As it turned out, the Marines dropped out of the development program before the first prototypes were ready for flight.”

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/ov-1.htmhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/ov-1.htm

More of the misguided belief at the time that multiple users’ various requirements could be filled by one aircraft. Obviously, the Mohawk was not what the Marine Corp wanted (see highlight in above quote) – where the USMC wanted a new-generation FAC, not the battlefield surveillance/reconnaisance platform the Army wanted. So, comparing the OV-1 and OV-10 is like the proverbial Apples and Oranges… the only thing they have in common is their ‘OV’ designator, their roles may have crossed paths at times but the Bronco was never intended to supercede the Mohawk.

PS why are ships, aircraft and cars always female???

they’re just plain sexy baby…

But… what guarantee is there that the photos WERE taken at Groom Lake… this is an issue that can never be answered, given that there are no points of reference in the photos? I could simply type here that I took those photos… at 15-20 miles, they could have been taken in ANYWHERE with a big enough lens… could have been outside of Moscow, Paris, London or even Caracas.

One thing we CAN assume is that the USAF is no stranger to the FLANKER, and is well aware of its capabilities and short-comings… as the old saying goes – ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way’ and you can bet that, regardless of whether there’s ever been a FLANKER in the hands of the USAF, the USAF has had their hands and heads in one (or two…).

And, I stand to be corrected again, but the last I understood, Red Flag runs out of Nellis AFB (Nevada) … Groom Lake (area 51 to some), Nevada is not involved – if everyday civilian spectators are not allowed near Groom, then certainly everyday, run-of-the-mill fighter jocks (from around the world) with access to cameras and the internet won’t be permitted either.

How did the North get T-28’s before the war?

I thought only the South had them and the North didn’t get any until after the war.

Defections do work both ways…

Here’s a couple shots I found of RVN Trojans at Nha Trang

ahh, now I remember… that I don’t remember..

I downloaded a WMV copy from a site that had 3 possible mirrors… can’t for the life of me rememebr which one. (and didn’t bookmark it either)

The WMV file is over 630 MB… have you got an FTP site?

JJ

I read the same text about a week ago and thought… ‘neat’… how many capital ships can claim to have been sunk twice? (perhaps a couple of the big US BBs after Pearl?)