A long time ago in a land far away....

Tuy Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam
1968-69

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Best 2-man team in SEA

 

JDW & F-100

Tuy Hoa Air Base, RVN
beside the South China Sea

       
Custodian of Dusty's Pub.   Happy hour at Dusty's Pub. Pilots' living quarters on beach of South China Sea.  Four junior officers per "hootch."

Custodian of Dusty's Pub

 

Happy Hour at Dusty's Pub

Pilots 4-man Qtrs.

 

Squadron operations scheduling room.

 

Squadron Ops Desk
309th TFS

 

Pre-T/O Arming Pit

 

Rendezvous w/tanker enroute to out-country target

 

View from back seat of a two-seat version of the F-100 on a dive-bombing run.

Refueling

 

Refueling probe & drogue

Roll-in for bomb run

F-100 on short final for landing over the beach.

 

Bunker for pilots near their hootches.  Hot and dark and semi-safe

Daughters of "mama-san," the cleaning lady.

F-100 on Short Final for Ldg.

 

Pilot's bunker

Daughters of housemaid

 

 

Pre-flt. briefing*

 

JD hauling daisy cutters

4 Lts. Outcountry**

 

*Standing: Lt. Col. Larry Whitford
MIA/KIA

Lts. seated L to R: Art Suro,
Col.USAF, Ret.
JD Wetterling,
Tom Whitman
, B/ Gen.,
New Mexico Air Nat'l Guard, Ret..

 

 

**L to R: Bill Lloyd,retired United Airlines Pilot, JD Wetterling, Lacy Veech, a resident in the Mansions of the Lord, Rick Goddard, Maj. Gen. USAF, retired.

To the Left: Col. Cuthbert A. Pattilo, now Maj. Gen., USAF Ret.

 


RTU Class 69FR
Cannon AFB, NM

 

 

Distinguished Flying Cross


DFC Society


fuzzy faced fighter pilot
on the deck of Dusty's Pub
 

Best F-100 site
on the web

 


F-100D Super Sabre

 

Walkaround
 of an F-100 still flying

 

The Air Force Hymn

 

High Flight 

 


My soul brother/wingman
Robt. "Vince" Willett, Jr.
panel 27W line 103
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Photo by J.C. Hamilton

 

A Tribute to my Friends

 

Still the Noblest Calling

JD's latest book:

"No one..."
The most important message
that can ever enter the mind of man.

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