This page is the index to the "USAF" ROTORHEADS Blog.  All the posts to the Blog are archived by the month.  This page will allow you to access a particular month by clicking on the link below the appropriate month.  This will take you to that month then you will need to scroll down to the post you wish to read.

 

Our Blog contains numerous first hand stories and related pictures of our members' real life and often exciting experiences as well as other stories that don't fit the website.

 


OCTOBER 2007


FAA SUPPORT

10/06/07

 

SEPTEMBER 2007


DOES THIS QUALIFY?

9/24/07

H-43 BOMBER

9/09/07

"BOMB RECOVERY"

9/09/07

 

AUGUST 2007


APPLE PICKING

8/07/07

 

JULY 2007


21st SOS AIRLIFTS AIRCRAFT EVACUATED FROM SAIGON

7/05/07

 

JUNE 2007


ASSAULT ON KHO TANG ISLAND—KNIFE 22

6/25/07

 

MAY 2007


OVER THE FENCE AND RETURN

5/20/07

 

APRIL 2007


UH-13J & HH-53B

4/15/07

JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE

4/14/07

KNOW YOUR LIMITATIONS

4/14/07

CH-3E MID AIR COLLISION WITH LAOTIAN T-28

4/13/07

Det. 12, 40th ARRS Records 10th Save of 1974

4/12/07

"Pedro" meets "Pedro"

4/12/07

Moroccan Flood Relief Operations - January 1963

4/11/07

Europe at 500 Feet and 70 Knots

4/11/07

The Nemesis of the Flight line--Job Control

4/09/07

ARS/CC visit to Det. 1 AARC

4/09/07

Korean Rescue Endeavor

4/06/07

Forest Penetrator and Flotation Collar

4/05/07

THE Chopper Stowaway

4/04/07

HH-53 Deployment to the USS Saipan

4/01/07

 

MARCH 2007


Tactical Armament Turret (TAT)

3/19/07

Tagging Moose

3/12/07

H-43 Gun Ship-1st Gun Ship in SEA

3/01/07

H-43 Transfer-SAC to CARRC

3/01/07

 

FEBRUARY 2007


Joint Air Force Navy Project

2/28/07

HELOSID Testing

2/27/07

Chasing Weather Balloons

2/26/07

Operation Eclipse

2/26/07

 

JANUARY 2007


The 581st ARC in Korea

1/12/07

The HH-3E in Desert Storm (AFRC)

1/04/07

“You’re Not Gonna Believe This….”

1/01/07

The Recovery of a “Jolly”

1/01/07

Don’t Tell Me We Are Lost!!!

1/01/07

The Fairbanks Flood of 1967

1/01/07

 

DECEMBER 2006


Laotian VIP Tour

12/30/06

37th ARRS Takes Mt. Rushmore

12/23/06

First USAF H-43/CH-3C Combat Rescue Unit in SEA

12/01/06

Those Things We Done To Accomplish The Mission

12/01/06

TDY to NKP May to October 1965

12/01/06

 

NOVEMBER 2006


Vietnam-After The Paris Peace Accord-1973

11//14/06

How I Got My Start on Helicopters

11/01/06

 

OCTOBER 2006


H-43 Mission Reports        

10/28/06

Stead AFB-My First Duty Station

10/23/06

A Memorable MARS Mission

10/19/06

 

SEPTEMBER 2006


TDY to Tan Son Nhut Air Base

9/26/06

 

AUGUST 2006


First CH-3Cs and HH-3Es to SEA        

8/07/06

 

JULY 2006


“NO PUBLICITY”        

7/21/06

YH-16 Mechanic---Almost

7/16/06

Clearing the Record on The Loss of a Great Friend        

7/07/06

 

JUNE 2006


Ride With a FAC        

6/05/06

 

MAY 2006


TRIVIA QUESTIONS (#5)

5/16/06

Dropped Object        

5/14/06

TRIVIA QUESTIONS (#4)

5/10/06

Rescue of Misty 51

5/08/06

Alaskan Buffalo, Camels & the Moose Corral

5/07/06

11 Man Rescue Team has its’ Magic Number        

5/07/06

Joint Air Force Navy Project

5/04/06

TRIVIA QUESTIONS (#3)

5/03/06

 

APRIL 20O6


TRIVIA QUESTIONS (#2)

4/26/06

Chris Noel        

4/25/06

20 Years of Helicopter Experience (Otto Kroger)

4/24/06

Apollo Program

4/23/06

TDY to NKP in 1964

4/23/06

TRIVIA QUESTIONS (#1)

4/19/06

Shoot Down at Moung Soui        

4/17/06

The “Banana” Flies Again        

4/17/06

HH-53C Ferry-Eglin AFB to Udorn Thailand

4/17/06

Dusty FE’s Flight With The Ponies

4/17/06

My Last SAR

4/11/06

Controlled Crash/Superior Maintenance Allows Chopper To Fly Another Day

4/11/06

Chopper Raked With Automatic Weapons Fire

4/08/06

Drone Recovery Mission Gone Bad

4/08/06

Chopper on FCF Rescues Downed Pilot

4/08/06

Fire Aboard an LST

4/07/06

Chopper Maintenance on Iwo Jima

4/07/06

Aurora Borealis Rescue

4/07/06

The Rescue That Wasn’t By Us

4/04/06

H-19 Stories        

4/01/06

H-5 Helicopter

4/01/06

Engine Problems        

4/01/06        

The Love of an H-21                

4/01/06

Friendly Fire

4/01/06

Choppers & Wires Don’t Mix

4/01/06

Cold Weather Operations        

4/01/06

Alaskan Grizzly Bear vs. Helicopter

4/01/06

Larry Dreyer’s Distinguished Dusty Cross “E & E”……

4/01/06

 

MARCH 2006


Some of Bill Crawford’s Photo Mapping Tales

3/30/06

H-21 Tales        

3/30/06

Laotian Evacuation 1970

3/30/06

Bill Crawford’s H-43 Crash

3/30/06

H-19 Oil Servicing        

3/30/06

Choppers & Wires Don’t Mix

3/30/06

Jerry Bucknall Shoot Down of CH-3E 67-14702

3/30/06

Runaway Rustlick Cart

3/30/06

Jerry Bucknall Gored By A Bull

3/30/06

Jim Burns Wild Huey Ride

3/30/06

Jim Burns C-124 Tale

3/30/06

Bob Runninger on Tracking H-19 in Vietnam        

3/29/06

Bill Crawford and H-19 53-4410        

3/29/06

 

 


         



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