HAW K S t T_;ol .~.J<; ~thlY ntr~letter-~bli~hed ,~,the Inf.'?::"L::'":':,Yl.0ffice ~f, t~e, 7Jd SUrYeillSMe Airplane Company, APO 96291. MaJor Jerry E,~ ';;:'.cl,{ " Go~ding. t • ,l1.Q,1. 1 No.8. 'gJPIIGH'r II· • l-DVED ' AGAIN?? , , Let your ''Haltits'e Talk" staff know. 't>'le want to stay ''Upttght'' on t.he8'? add'r'ess83, but you nust keep us inf'orm9d(A;:i,':h' 3. cr.rd, letter, DDFOltM 1175, or by ca:::·r:i.BX' pigeon~ Just send to' "H/l.wk's Talk", TJd SAC/i APO 96291. CIVIC ACTION lfl'GHLJ;QJFs , The7Jd SAO 1s continuing its support , programs at t. Loi Hospital and Thuy GiaI'..g' 'Hamlet. All .ontributions made are appro- c iated. For a free mail:ing label write' , either the Q'Vlc Actions C£l'icer or "Hal.Jk,' S ''l'alk l', 7.3dilAC, ,,-PO 95291. JnQRE, ~ BOARI' LUring :tJaa moh,th of Septenber the 7Jd flew 432'~rlies while comple'tini; '1454 mis- sions'ror II total of 983.$' flying hours. 'Sorties' 160 40 129 103 Hours Missions 271+00 •. 472 7.3+00 '125 .372+05 489 267+45'. 368 TOTALS 432 983+50 1454 "'-. CPSM:rrONAL CHANGES ' ~ SFC'Treadwayj a 'Veteran or eVery key position'in the "COmpanyto include 1 $1; roT on several, Occasions becane the Operation~Othismonth. The p4ce sure shaped up; but thing·s aren't as quiet as they use. to be. Major Hall, and SFC'Trea.d~ seem to, get along fine especially'in themoming; neither one apeaka.zo the other for at least the first thirty minutes of the dq. They seem 'to. understand each other. Major Hall says that LT BUl Mason demon- strated anew maneuver to him on Bill's standardization ride last week and ' thats about all either will say about it. V..aj Jim Kanouse use to say ''Thing$ just aren It the Sa.lle sfnce. Maj Willie Pratt went home t,. NowMaj Gene Hall ifl saying "Things just ,arent,t, ,the SalW sinCe Maj Hob Pratt went ho1l'2". R"SD HAZE CHA'nTtFt' , R~d Haze will be sBiVing!arewe1J.' to two of tts TDI watchene (TOts) this month; spJ.,.' s Kenneth D. tattim3r & LarI7 ~. He~kauon. Hey Larry, '~at are you going to do ,dth an airsi~ cat. at 33,000 feet over the PacUic? Up Tight 903, bettel' knOlmas Hawk 9, is either killing a lot of big birds' or e.Lse we've got a gre.nlbl!n somewhere' .Loose in the Ship with a 'ledge haJIllmr. Three of our fearless pUots have ex- perdenced, at least ome, a t.renendoue shook tremble thr(]Ugh 1\awk 9's airfra.ne. It's like getting hit b,.: ,a 37, ~a:id one pilot. LT Curlanie was ~se~4 u.nder it ! s belly one nt>Ul1ng.. se.t'ateh~his' head, wondering \-lbe~ the bole \\$§! Thanks to the cont'inuous efforts of our man in Long 13:1.nli, We are }J0l'l t.lhleto get artilleI7 c~arance into ~ certJil,n targert west of ~()n' just abo~ the t:i)ne tJe roll off tar last run. h worr:je:s ,about Chatt.ie' with OUr friendly arty. Seen any, Red Hazt pllotswith nose bleec1 lately? They&w been giving Sai- gon tenter a tlj". .at are you doin € .. wa::r down there SLAR1' ' MAY 'l'H&Y RESTIN FE~~ , , On the night of 1~< eptember 1968, 1LT Robert R. Weiss and SP4 William. E. Fos.- tel'Jr. were flying a direct combat sup- purt mission in an OV-1CMohawk. Near tJAe end ot a long strenucus mission, with 11M plouda and limited visibility in the area, their aircraft, for causes unknowns ~ashed into the sea near \TUng Tau, South l'ietnam. -Weshall'rerernber them alway's as d.edi- .ated soldiers and true .triends~ May .od bless them. JEPARTURES Maj R. H. Pratt cpt P., K. Piper CW2 H. Cowlishaw SFC H. E. Sharp see G. E. Lair ARRIVALS Cvl.3 R. K. Fujimoto SFC D. w • .Boroff SFC R. E. Gourley ",,' ! /P~e 2 .,,~; V~ ..:;:JAL .OOSERVAT1ONS .. -··~.,e USVIsual Foree" ever 'expe!ritnenting 1,JitlLpold ·I1\';w.concep:ts" to imI;r'')~T2 tho com- bat it'.tell:tgence gather:ing effOJ:"c appears t-ohave .. aw:i,nner in ,its. p:ilot;..~obf:'ert!j;;r lIi;,eCl .. res II,.' Matched as t:swns 'al'El GPl' Erway al'l,G.i,,sP5 Farner" (";p.,!,~, Talbot and SP5: Ilark lna, qPT' Bl.ack. and SP5· Mj.dd~3UGh) .and :UI' }flE:.30n '. d c,,:)c:: T'~el1s.. 'F"":",,··· .rit'}· + •... 0 '" "1V~ p~, e- J. ~ ''')''''') vv l. I. .~_y.. .:.<."ts V~. .J..·;J ~~f.:,-J.'..J L.;3..J.i.l!_· .;-c•.• v- nez- O~1 each viS1)laJ. z'8G'orma.li38E:.1''K:·8 mj"ssion the· pilot and observer come to unde ret.and each o:t:h~r better arid -deve'l.op tecl'lrdques -to Lmprove obsez-vat.Lon a, The spirit of' .. c omoe t it ion ibet'VIi3:en .. ·· the se teams· is keen abd': .indeed th € !U1winb·er df ·sigJ.'l.:lgicant sight- "".; th ] t t ... ,,, h ~ angs ill se . "as. : wo :j>iB8KS 11118;:'1'eae e'~. a ;!,lel" r.dgh. The old" pros, E;l'"Hay'ar..f1!,Fa.Y.'nBr, '.are of.feringa case ,of b()er tcr:i{J;{' te<:!.lil '~hatcan produce more sighific&'ltsightings tha..l1th~inin any. gaVen ".reek. After some sixty hours of flying visual m:LSf3sions SP5 Middaugh'last week saw the" ." j:' ;L:.,·~t, r-ounds fired at hdm m' anger." Que'~~' 'GiOll~da:brout Middaughsl reactian.~~ CPT Black woulii:;;only comment that J1iddaugh.:did seem unuSUally alert for·the rest o:f the flight. -By tfIe WciY~'contraty,t~c:;"thewd.desprea(Lbet-..' {iug that he wouldn't get around to de it- SF>5' r,1idqaugh finalJ.y: paid 'OPT'Black the C:'"$8 ,of".,cokes·for the lIhot seat n he Lef'b '. • !~ menth..:.. It"seems he keeps gettiJ:\.~his ... Caught d.n the Lowe r, firing handle ev;;::~ytimehe gets out. Our hats off to ePTs Talbot and Mahel' who had SP5 Hark ins .,Torri- ed all last Week about the special "top se- cretll'.Jlow level ph::ri:.o'mlss:lonstha,t, Harkins was sCneduled tb'fl:f over- Pnompenh-Lasb Thl':::c'sdrrio How'·the;·:,: managed to b1':i.8f Bar- k:iJ1fo. 011 the misSto;~\f3 for fc;ilr day s running withcl.lt:crackirig a: smiIe is a IT{jTstery to us. To lend verac:l.+,y to the f'arce , the II expertls even came up 1-v:i.th maps of 'che earn- bod.ian capital for Harkins to st.udy , )JTh~ .'ward -d.s . Gut/that LT fuson gave MA.J. '~niskey!t_.H.all a,rea1 thr;ill on Masort1s s~1dardization ride last week •. Mason, a f~rmsJ?. e.i,viliart' cropdu.ster p:ilot success- fu1..J.y'demcnst:p,ated both a tailspin and an in.:v:erted.flat ..spin whi1e attempting to fly ~t:t:'a:i,gh.tand Leve.l, ondnst runent.s ; After demonst rat.mg a spectacular recovery to level flight, 'MAJ HaJ.l,ver,vcasuall.r lean- ed back'-in the seat 'and:lit' two cigarettes-. one for each hand! ' , pi \ , • ••• 0 i~l;! "'V!sUAL OBSEIHr.;;troK (Cont,."s,) ,_ .. , ,,:CPT, 4:1~waY recedved his 91,4tb, bqllet hole ;~_:~;ci'-'J.._T;)-:;.d.,· '::>d' tt~·~n. h'·c, (,1.1 '1.;-+-1· ,;1.0,0.;.""''' .. ,.,-,~/I.<:: L ....~S pu -I'-l'C,' ",111 113 .•_·. ,,1.u.,11I1 .-.,~.'"l., - ,f 'raFge'-of w'ir.n.i.nghis Ii 1 s CGO r-ound pl.a~ue II .)~':l{.:x('e h:L3,D8TIOS next, month. MA·] Sank r.:;" -; , .,.' .r : "'" t d t t' ~ ,,118 • .1,]: wto.o. J..F. {.(~P3Q e:. a pre sene ne p .. taque has CZ::::;('B.ssed confidence tllii'c B·~C'1'T.s.y Cell ~~~ ,)S:~" C 0J11:2;D:1:, :L. .,.g·~o . repo:-t~~ l' f:3 }iu -Ju ct r ,st~tt.S3d prcu.dl,y;; HI,ie.! s "forth ,t1;iS~>JB.j.ght in lenc0 At least he C'Ull bring home that , ,. -,'.. ,/'~ muC.111.~ '. '.. " "",",." . ."J,., ,. '/ , - ~". --:rr SHOP TAI,K .•... ·lEi2'-Tj~Intenance Platoon ,h§ls had, a change of;'. .,C,)llli,I"nd.{ .. Nfj or "He a v~rll Hall. t.ook 'Q.. ver a.S.{'1c ltq,Oi;-G0r.1filCll'}.der on.22· Sf.~pt 3£lQ: ]vf",aj or ;P:r;.::~b;d'epa:d:ec. for the states and .eventual-, ly' tq:- "Gs rmany ..' .' ~j • • "Si~7~(::P.' over. the Maintennnce PlatoGL lihj HaJ.l ha.. sbeen haunted' by' his:previous" command,, t.};('3·"ll:i.6ual' PlatOon 0 "'The- Visual Pla;j~oon has. been sending' an" a.ircrait a d:~:J' tQ;ma:inten'J.DCBfor bullet damage subat afn.. ed by"·v:;.mal, ,:'lights the first week of O~>" bobe r, "'., <.,'. Besides:t.1aj Hell taking"over th € f Ha:L"1- tenanC:-~Iat;cron ~he""h:ks'· unr}®·'t,take-r:J.-'I..the•.. tesl:- - of 1,..' "d;' t· ·f':l-..r·· -'1:) ..• • . . ,1)(-0 Jng O.n;:lC~.K8 " GU /" ~ J.ng .. !.n. mJ.e:..f,nons~ and, has a,t/8.st® 'of· 'night e.. y:Lhg.:,a1:'t.er fly- ing ,/mly vis,Ell since,'arriving' j:ti c;ountry .• .: i(t. '!:.:llee:ndof f;,eI.YtArrber:the·, }fai'l'(/~nance Platoon established an alltiIoo h:;gh of 02' ':.(r/ '-, R,,~"n~.;,';.". f J ~.pt Ou"" , 'd,• .l,:ii: G T..... d ... v) ,,, .s. ,.1.1Jy 0 aarc rCl,L. .', than~{,s'and '~~!"'3ll done .to, the· nen of 'the 73cl'}"l8.intenance Pla~oon. , - """ 81AR -TALK' --1~ie·~-stA.n pJ.:ltor)n welcomas the arrival of thre0nEnv <I'echnical .Obee rver-s , SF4' Vjn~ent C·~ Girolamo} PFC \<>Jilli.:iJIJ H.;\Neu- man~ andPFG· J::>:l:\'j. F ~ MZilL fhe;y- have jllst'gl'aduated f;:cm ~~8 United States.'. A'rrr(f. Gon~:fatSt1'~'7eElance School at Ft·. Huachuczr, ·~\r.izQ:da~ 'Satl:rd~~~f/~Qi:;tober 12a parly. will be hel1i i.7.J:·.ll:o,r1ior.:6f,the people. that have "Ser'V-d:~f r t,h(.;J,ii-, - time If in RVN and will 500:"1 b~ 1 returntng to the good old.USofA. Evervbne gtr'arantees the' blast will be a , succ.. ·~Ss! "The people that· are leaving are: C.PT R. Be nner-, 3P5 G. Graham, SP5 C. Thirlby, SP4 C. M.ir~ay, §P4J •... Hopp, SP4 J. Kap, 'and SP4 'J,". Amast. 'To these friends we wish you luck and a pleasant 18 hour. ride back_to civilization. " V .. J