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This photo above, taken from the gunsight of a Soviet MIG fighter, is of C-130 60528. On board this aircraft were 17 members of the United States Air Force on a normal workday that ended with these men paying the ultimate price for a philosophy of "Freedom Through Vigilance." This is a real photograph and on board this aircraft were 17 real men, 17 Silent Warriors We are a group of rapidly aging and steadily disappearing veterans, of a war that was fought with skills and talents not normally associated with
CLICK HERE for the webpage for Larry Tart’s five-volume USAFSS history, “FREEDOM THROUGH VIGILANCE” — "FTV," Volumes I, II and III cover USAFSS ground site history and “FTV,” Volumes IV and Volume V address USAFSS Airborne Recon history.
CLICK HERE for information about a book by one of our own Prop Wash Gang members. Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona served as a Vietnamese linguist and later as an Arabic linguist prior to, and during, the Gulf War. He ultimately became General Norman Schwarzkopf's own personal interpreter and sat in on the peace talks with the Iraqis at the end of that conflict. He has an interesting story to tell.
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