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I have read that B-52,s flooded tge same flight plan ..which is dumb

Awesome. You did an excellent job introducing and providing the background on the fellow officers your dad mentioned. Your dad was one of a kind. Right place, right time, a lot of the time. Miss him.

Nice that you got your Dad to give a talk to the squadron! My Dad had a similar career. F84 to Korea (474th I think), back home to Luke as an Air Gunnery IP, ATO at USAFA, B47s at Hunter! (then fighter TPS, space program, O-2s in VN, etc. Out in 1980 as an O-6!) Is your Dad still living?

Joel, Thank you for the video. Seeing the 310th patch brought back some memories. I was USAF 85-88, 58th TFW, Luke AFB, egress. The 310th was one of our squadrons, along with the 311th, 312th and 314th. Had a friend of mine that flew F-84's out of Taegu (K-2) in 1952. He was a P-47 driver during WWII, got 11 missions in before the war ended. CPT Merv "Shabby" Reed was his name. Shabby was an Ops Officer. On one mission, Shabby was hit by ground fire in the left wheel well, blowing a hole through the wing big enough to put a bar stool through. He stated that "when you look at the top of your left wing, you shouldn't be able see your wheel". He was way up north when he got hit and he wasn't sure he was going to make it home. As he flew south, he kept calling the next closest airfield, but since his F-84 was still flying fine, no fuel leaks, no hydraulic issues, he just kept flying south. He eventually made it back to Taegu. When he attempted to lower the gear, the left gear came down, but the right one stayed in the well. Yes, that's correct, the left gear came down. Perplexed and worried, he cycled the gear handle, 3 green. Except for the large hole in the left wing, it was an uneventful landing. As he was getting out of the jet, he saw a Jeep headed his way. He knew it was the base CO. Shabby thought, great, I'm in for it now. Shabby expected a royal ass chewing. As I understand it, Shabby wasn't suppose to be flying missions at that time. Not 100% sure of this though. So the CO pulled up, champagne and cigars in-hand, yelled at Shabby to "get in". They drove off to have drinks with the rest of the wing. As it turned out, Shabby was the first jet that had been hit by enemy fire, and the CO seen that was a reason to celebrate, especially considering that Shabby made it home. I have a great picture of Shabby on top of his F-84 kneeling next to the hole in his left wing. Joel, if you'd like a digital copy of it, DM me and I'll email it to you.

Thank you for this great umboxing!!

Thank you and your dad for your service. You're awesome!

Did your dad ever write a book? He should have if he did not. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing. My grandfather worked on the assembly line for the straight wing F-84 Thunderjet at Republic on Long Island, NY. He left when they converted over to making the Thunderstreak. A lot of issues your dad spoke of, my grandfather mentioned, regarding to the Thunderjets performance. With Thunderstreaks and Sabers symbolizing the air war in Korea, I’m glad to see some Thunderjet content out there finally.

Thanks for sharing this.

Excellent photos.... your father-in-law is very skilled with a camera. I see that one of the pics of the aft flight deck an A3D Skywarrior is parked.

I was an OV-10 FAC at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB in the same time period and also visited the USS Midway on Yankee. Quite an experience seeing the Navy guys who I worked targets with in Steel Tiger.

Was the air wing aboard Midway a regular size airwing ? That flight deck looked like it would've had a difficult time accommodating all those airplanes, The A-6 and F-4 were much heavier/larger than aircraft of the time CV-41 was built.

My dad (Ed Gund, Lt. Col. USAF) flew off the FDR (CVA-42) in the early 60's. He flew A-4 Skyhawks (wanted to fly the F-8 Crusader). He thoroughly enjoyed his tour on the Roosevelt but said doing controlled crashes for landings was the high point of each flight. Dad retired in 1970 flying the F-104 Stargighter.

NIIW!

great !

One of the squadrons on this deployment had an Air Force exchange pilot. I think it might have been VA 56 but I can’t locate my cruise book right now. I remember seeing him at quarters with his lift blue uniform and black shoes.

Visited the Midway when in SD. Was amazed at the size, how crowded the berthing area was for many sailors ,how well they must have ate especially compared to us jungle guys. It’s a great visit I recommend to everyone. What made it a bit more special for me was my high school buddy served on it during Vietnam

I remember back in the 1980s, when the AOE, which is a combination of fuel, ammunitions, and stores supply ship refueled the Midway, and it took FOREVER. Made me glad that our regular carrier was the Enterprise, and she only needed fuel for her planes.

Saw this museum in SD 2010. Very impressive. A huge thank you to all who served aboard.

Great photos there! The pictures are a great reference for model builders like myself.

Very cool

Thankyou for sharing Sir....Hand Salute to your Father In-Law

I served on the Midway, flew out to her off the coast of Okinawa to ride her to pick up folks after Mt Pinatubo(Marine at the time) exploded.....Awesome ship you could feel her pick up speed and she leaned. Amazing time I had! I have a question, did he serve with another RF-4C pilot..his name was Oliver J, Hines! He was my ROTC instructor! Thanks for the awesome video!

Nice tour. Thanks for sharing.

WOW! Those are some excellent (and previously UNSEEN!) photos... Good vid, mate! Well done.

Nice story! I was in VAW-115 on the Midway in 1976-77. Minor nit - the huge flight deck shown in your later picture was added in the 1973 outage. In 1971 the flight deck would be similar to later pictures of the Roosevelt (CVA-42) and the Coral Sea (CV-43).

Great video! At 3:28, that's not an A-7, whose engine didn't have an afterburner. It must be an RF-8.

Ok Joel. Quit horsing around. That was top notch narration, information and it was engaging. You were always good with this sort of thing. I have see several military history channels on hear and quite often think of you when I watch their videos. You really need to find a niche you want to make videos in of that historical type and run with it. You have the right voice and presentation. Do it man. I remember you talking at length and detail and in high school about WWII naval battles. Maybe that niche is full, but with your background and experience, perhaps more recent exercises may be fair game. Honestly, folks today do not remember the cold war and the many near misses and nerve racking operations that occurred during those years. Anyway, fantastic video Joel. Enjoyed it immensely.

If you’re in San Diego, go see this. Easy, to spend the whole day aboard. Much to see.

My senior year, was on the football team. Wow what memories

Your excitement had me on the edge of my chair.

Please show how is ice dispenser work ?

This is so awesome! I was there (Cougarette). Do you know the names of the boys that played the blues brothers?

We just purchased this model. So far so good. It didn’t come with a manual, so it took some time to figure some things out. We finally printed up the manual from the website. Thank you for your review. Things I already like….larger interior space with the ice maker in the door, love the light at the back, you can see everything at a glance. We previously had a Samsung which only lasted 7 years and had lots of things going wrong. The Profile seemed to get the best reviews.

Dear Joel,I don’t know how to adjust the middle door to 33 degrees. Can you please explain step by step. Now on the panel the little light is on “snacks” and 37 degrees, but it’s not enough cold for my cheeses. Thank you very much!🙏

Wow I was a 10th grader awesome

Thank you Joel. This was super helpful.

They're on a mission from God.

Fellow Vermonter here (Bennington)! 🙌🏽😁 thanks for uploading this video! i just got a 2024 crosstrek and i absolutely love it!

Haha matching hair for the flight suits!

That future General knew that heavily stressing your muscles right before flight made him incredibly G tolerant way before the G warmup. He was likely a "G Beast".

I was a dependent when my dad was stationed on Shaw from 1979-1983, where he spent most of his time in the 9th Air Force Safety office. He was a pilot, however, so he also would take O-2 Skymasters over to Myrtle Beach AFB (BRAC'd in 1991) and would then fly A-10's out of there to keep his currency up. I have good memories of sitting in classes at Millwood Elementary School in Sumter and hearing the "BRRRRRRTTTT" of the A-10 cannons in the distance as they would hit the firing range. We left Sumter in 1983, my dad going to Saudi for a year teaching them flight tactics in their F-5 (he spent a number of years as a T-38 instructor in the early 70's) before coming back to the states a year later, where we moved to Homestead AFB and he ended his career there flying the same aircraft he entered the USAF in, the F-4.

At 5:55 that's my car (a Scout) parked in the fire lane next to the tennis courts !!! I guess I was still practicing. What an unexpected surprise to see this video. Thanks for posting !!!

You don't need to hold the start button to stat the car. Just press it once and the car will keep the starter on just long enough to get the engine running.

Thank you so much for posting that. It was such a fun time in my life. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!

I absolutely loved it, couldn't stop laughing. I think this was my first rocket club meeting

Wow! I wasn’t sure I could make it through. So funny, embarrassing, memories galore! Thank you Joel!

Wow, my sophomore year. Thanks for this.

Joel, your mom was the sweetest. I miss your mom and dad. Good times.

Memories. Thanks Joel.