Personal photos/text taken in/out of Vietnam combat zone from perspective of copilot on USAF C-130 345th Tactical Airlift Crew. Not just about the war, but also about the people/places of the region during 1972. This is where I got my first Nikon film SLR which turned into lifelong passion albeit now Canon digital SLR. The photos are recent digital scans from old 35mm slides wasting away in hot/cold attic for 40 years. Extensive Photoshop editing has been used to make them somewhat presentable.
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Vietnam C-130 Sunrise
Airborne at sunrise in C-130 … Vietnam – 1972. Captain Ed silhouette against eastern sky on what was probably our first sortie out of home base at Tan Son Nhut, Saigon. Daily flight routine was to arrive early at C-130 Ops to pick up flight itinerary which usually consisted of a half dozen or more cargo upload/offloads at many different bases throughout Vietnam, Thailand, and sometimes Cambodia or Laos. Base Ops would also provide weather briefings, and intelligence reports mainly to warn of hot spots to avoid overflight. Schedule was fairly flexible in terms of time … general rule was to return to home base before nightfall. Photo shows the many C-130 windows, including car-like windshield wipers, dangling map light, headset cords, and green translucent window visor.
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