January

On 2 January the 25 TFS lost F-4D 66-8784, call sign Banyan, during a 1300-hours LORAN validation mission over Section F (TIGER HOUND), Laos. On station at 16°-37’N/106°-26’E, the aircraft was shot down by AAA (probably combat associated). CAPT John T. West and 1LT Ronnie G. Lindstrom are listed as KIA.

Attrition replacement during the first half of the month all came from the 49 TFW, Holloman AFB, New Mexico. On 5 January: 65-0597, 65-0612, 65-0642, 65-0677, 65-0693, 65-0705, 65-0786, 65-0609 arrived on 14 January.

Attrition replacements during the second half of the month included two aircraft on 19 January: F-4D 66-7609 from the 4 TFW, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina; and 66-8788 from the 33 TFW, Eglin AFB, Florida. F-4D 66-7503 was transferred in on 28 January from ‘nearby’ 366 TFW.

Air Asia Depot

-12/1: 66-8686; 11/1-: 66-8693; -19/1: 66-8696, 66-8755; 15/1-: 66-8770; -24/1: 66-8691; 30/1-: 66-8741

Clark AB/)(400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

-10/1: 65-0755, 66-7594; 12-17/1: 66-8759; 12-24/1: 66-7728; 19-24/1: 66-7771; 26-31/1: 66-7767; 26/1-1/2: 66-0267

February

F-4D 66-7609 was transferred on 2 February to the 366 TFW. F-4D 66-7764 was transferred in on 17 February from the 432 TRW, taking F-4D 65-0794 in exchange on 23 February.

The first F-4E assigned to the 8 TFW, listed in the USAF aircraft movement data base, was 76-0335, assigned during the early part of February then transferred (returned) to the 366 TFW on 13 February. This was likely a weather or combat damage related divert rather than a planned event.

On 18 February the 435 TFS lost F-4D 66-7526 (1,323 hours), call sign Banyan, during a 1000-hour MUDY mission over a road segment in BARREL ROLL-D. The aircraft was hit in the forward fuselage by 37-mm AAA and crashing at 19°-29’N/104°-03’E. MAJ Thomas E. Gillen, pilot (possibly hit) is listed as Crash-KIA. CAPT R.S. Dotson was recovered by USAF helicopter.

F-4D 66-7472 was inducted into the SMAAR logistics unit on 23 February and remained there through 24 March at which time it was transferred to the Ogden AMA depot.

DE HAVEN, 8 TFW – 2

Air Asia Depot

2/2-: 66-8722; 12/2-: 66-8777; -16/2: 66-8762; 22/2-: 66-8782; -25/2: 66-8693; -26/2: 66-8770

Clark AB/ (6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

2-7/2: 66-0274, 66-8794; 2-7/2: 66-0274, 66-8794; 9-14/2: 66-0281, 66-7583; 16-21/2: 66-8696; 23-28/2: 65-0609, 66-7613

March

F-4D 65-0609 was detached to Da Nang AB )366 TFW) 2-6 March.

On 19 March the 435 TFS lost F-4D 66-8696 (1,516 hours), call sign Wolf 06, on a 1800-hours FAST FAC mission over Section E, Laos. On station the aircraft was hit in the center fuselage by 37-mm AAA at 17°-29’N/105°-44’E; crashing at 17°-32’N/105°-44’E. 1LT Dennis G. Pugh is listed at MIA, presumed dead on 28 January 1982. On 20 March 1LT D.P. Townsend, flying A-1E 52-135154, of the 602 SOPS/56 SOW, Nakhom Phanom RTAB, call sign Strike 6, was show down (17°-41’N/105°-53’E) while flying the 1800-hours RESCAP for Wolf 06. The following day MAJ E.M. Hudgens, flying A-1J 52-142065, call sign Sandy, same unit, during the 1200-hours RESCAP for Wolf 06, was shot down at 17°-31’N/105°-42’E, listed as Crash-KIA. CAPT R.A. Rash, surviving aircrewman in Wolf 06, was finally recovered with major injuries by USAF helicopter.

The first F-4D was detached to the OOAAR Korat RTAFB on 21 March, from where it was sent to the Air Asia depot on 30 March.

Air Asia Depot

13/3-: 66-8812; 14/3-: 66-8739; 16/3-: 66-8787; -17/3: 66-8741, 66-8777; -27/3: 66-8722; 28/3-: 66-8753; 30/3-: xx-xxxx

Clark AB/ (6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

2-7/3 65-0734, 66-8815; 7-14/3 66-7661; 9-14/3 66-8762; 23-28/3: 66-7555, 66-8691; 30/3-4/4: 65-0597; 66-8735

April

66-7639 (s.23/4; 1,563 hours)

SMAAR Ubon

Beginning in April the 8 TFW began a planned upgrade program that involved rotating the F-4D inventory through the in-house SMAAR logistics unit. Many of the first aircraft inducted during April were recently returned from another upgrade program at the Air Asia depot.

2-22/4: 66-7771; 8-14/4: 66-8745; 11/4-10/5: 66-0281; 12-15/4: 66-8762; 12-16/4: 66-8793; 19-22/4: 66-8792; 20-27/4: 66-8741; 22-25/4: 66-8794; 25-29/4: 66-8732; 26-30/4: 66-8790

15-18/4: 66-8735; 16-19/4: 66-8777; 18-21/4: 66-8755; 28/4-1/5: 66-8797; 29/4-4/5: 66-8788

OOAAR Korat RTAFB:

3 /4-: 66-7728; 24/4-: 66-7659

Air Asia Depot

1 /4-: 66-8748; 2/4-: 66-8815; -8/4: 66-8782; -16/4: 66-8812; 18/4-: 66-8745; 22/4-: 66-8817; 23/4-: 66-8779; -29/4: 66-8739, 66-8787

Clark AB/ (6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

27/4-2/5: 66-0263, 66-7760

F-4D 66-8722 was at Clark AB on and about 9 April then deployed to the Air Asia depot 17-30 April, returning to the OOAAR Clark AB unit on 30 April.

OOAAR Clark AB

16/4-: 66-8759 (>OOAAR 20/4)

May

F-4D 66-8738 was an attrition replacement from the 405 FW on 1 May.

F-4D 66-7613 (s.3/5; 1,641 hours)

There were a number of attrition replacements arriving on 11 May. The 4 TFW transferred 66-7529 and 66-7575; 66-7648 was a member of this flight but transferred to the 432 TRW the same date. F-4D 65-0704 arrived from the 49 TFW. The 33 TFW transferred 66-7505 in on 17 May.

F-4D 66-0235 (s. 25/5; 1,746 hours)

SMAAR Ubon

2-5/5: 66-8782; 4/5-: 65-0746; (-29/6; Ogden AMA depot); 4-7/5: 66-8770; 5-8/5: 66-8795; 8-11/5: 66-8772; 14-16/5: 66-8748

Air Asia Depot

6/5-: 66-8735; 9/5-: 66-8726; -12/5: 66-8748; 13-23/5: 66-8793; -14/5: 66-8753; 18/5-: 66-8794; -20/5: 66-7750 (> Korat RTAFB), 66-8815; 30/5-: 66-8792, 66-8823; -31/5: 66-8779

Clark AB/(6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

4-9/5: 65-0677, 66-8741; 11-16/5: 66-8739, 66-8770; 18-23/5: 65-0693, 66-8755; 25-30/5: 66-7593, 66-8788

F-4D 66-8738 was inducted into the OOAAR unit at Clark AB on 8 May.

June:

F-4D 66-8770 (s.12/6: 1,077 hours)

The 4 TFW detachment deployed at Kunsan AB, South Korea, transferred 66-7642 to the 8 TFW on 14 June.

The 432 TRW transferred 66-8733 in on 25 June; the 33 TFW transferred 66-8789 in on 28 June.

OOAAR Korat RTAFB:

-12/6: 66-7728; -17/6: 66-7659; 17/6-: 66-7583; 29/6-: 66-7661

Air Asia Depot

-2/6: 66-8745, 66-8817; 4/6-: 66-8790; 16-29/6: 66-8793; 17/6-: 66-7464; 22/6-: 66-8788; -23/6: 66-8726, 66-8735; 27/6-: 66-8795; -30/6: 66-8794

Clark AB/(6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

1-6/6: 66-7529, 66-7575; 8-13/6: 66-8777; 8-16/6: 66-7505; 15-19/6: 65-0612, 65-0704; 22-27/6: 65-0705, 65-0798; 29/6-4/7: 66-7636, 66-7642

OOAAR Clark AB

4/6-: 65-0812 (>OOAAR 5/6); 27/6-: 66-8733

July

F-4D 65-0693 (s.25/7; 1,647 hours)

SMAAR Ubon:

9-13/7: 65-0724; 12-13/7: 66-0279; 12-14/7: 65-0786; 14-15/7: 66-7515; 19-25/7: 65-0734; 26-27/7: 65-0747; 26-31/7: 66-7738

OOAAR Korat RTAFB:

-11/7: 66-7765; -24/7: 66-7583;

Air Asia Depot

8/7-: 66-7636; -11/7: 66-8792; -15/7: 66-8823; -21/7: 66-8790; 13/7-: 66-7642; -31/7: 66-7464

Clark AB/(6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

6-11/7: 66-8753; 13-18/7: 65-0688, 66-0281; 20-25/7; 65-0609; 27/7-2/8: 66-8779; 27/7-4/8: 66-0239;

Two aircraft were inducted into the OOAAR unit: 65-8726 to Clark AB on 3 July then into OOAAR on 7 July; 66-8732 was inducted on 27 July.

August

F-4D 66-7661 was the last to return, on 12 August, from the OOAAR mini-depot at Korat RTAFB.

Three F-4D were transferred on 14 August to Wings in SouthVietnam. F-4D 65-0747 and 65-0755 went to the 366 TFW at Da Nang AB; 66-0274 went to the 12 TFW at Phu Cat AB.

Four F-4D were acquired from the OOAAR Clark AB unit during the second half of the month. F-4D 66-8730, ex-432 TRW, was transferred in on 15 August. Three ex-405 FW: 66-8786 on 17 August; 66-8803 on 22 August; and 66-8708 on 28 August.

Air Asia Depot

-5/8: 66-8788; 10/8-: 66-8797; 17/8-: 66-0239 (-9/11; 432 TRW)

-22/8: 66-8795; 27/8: 66-8795

Clark AB/(6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

10-15/8: 65-0705, 66-7764; 17-23/8: 66-7464; 24-29/8: 65-0642, 66-772

OOAAR Clark AB

-3/8: 66-8722; 10/8-: 66-8777; -13/8: 66-8759; 15/8: 66-8735; -17/8: 66-8738; -19/8: 66-8732; 21/8-: 66-8779; 24/8-: 66-8739

September

Four aircraft were transferred out during the first half of the month: F-4D 66-0263 went to the 432 TRW on 5 September; 66-0281 went to the 366 TFW on 10 September; two aircraft went to the 12 TFW: 66-7464 on 16 September and 66-7750 on 29 September. Five aircraft were received in turn from the OOAAR Clark AB: 66-8816 (ex-432 TRW) on 10 September; 66-8802 (ex-405 FW) on 16 September; 66-8713 (ex-432 TRW) on 23 September; 66-8818 (ex-405 FW) on 25 September; and 66-8743 (ex-432 TRW) on 29 September.

SMAAR Ubon

5-13/9: 66-7772 (-13/9 > Ogden AMA depot); 27-28/9: 66-7750; 28-30/9: 66-7457; 29/9-10: 66-7468; 30/9-1/10: 66-0267

Air Asia Depot

-7/9: 66-7636; 7/9-: 65-0724; 10/9-: 66-0279 (-2/11; 432 TRW); 11/9-: 66-7767 (OOAAR > AAITT 16/9); -22/9: 66-7642

Clark AB/(6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

1-10/9: 66-7505; 7-12/9: 65-0597; 10-25/9: 66-8745; 14-16/9: 66-7594; 19-26/9: 65-0597; 21/9-: 66-8748; 21-26/9: 66-7555; 28/9-3/10: 66-8691

OOAAR Clark AB

1-19/9: 66-8741; -2/9: 66-8812; 7-12/9: 66-8762; 7-25/9: 66-8782; -12/9: 66-8777, 66-8779; 17/9-1/10: 66-8750; -19/9: 66-8733; 20/9-: 66-8762; 21-26/9: 66-8823; -23/9: 66-8735; 24/9-: 66-8793; -25/9: 66-8726; 28/9-: 66-8787

October

In early October Typhoon XXXXX hit the South Vietnamese coastline, requiring most flying assets to evacuate to the Thailand air bases.

Two aircraft were transferred to Winds in South Vietnam: 66-8691 went to the 366 TFW on 15 October; 66-8693 went to the 12 TFW on 20 October. Two aircraft, 66-8761 (ex-432 TRW) and 66-8805 (ex-405 FW) were acquired from the OOAAR Clark AB facility on 26 October.

SMAAR Ubon:

1-3/10: 65-0597; 4-7/10: 66-7661; 15-16/10: 65-0677; 22-23/10: 66-7594; 24-26/10: 65-0612; 29/10: 66-7659; 31/10-1/11: 65-0705;

Air Asia Depot

-3/10: 66-8797; 9/10-: 66-8817; 17/10-: 66-7468, 66-8686; 22/10-: 66-8753; 31/10-: 66-8708

Clark AB/(6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE

6-10/10: 66-7642, 66-7659; 12-17/10: 66-8708; 17-21/10: 66-8762; 19-26/10: 66-8750; 26-31/10: 66-7529

OOAAR Clark AB

1-22/10: 66-8794; 5-29/10: 66-8755; 10/10-: 66-8792; -11/10: 66-8748; 66-8748; -17/10: 66-8793; 19/10-: 66-8790; -19/10: 66-8787; 22/10-: 66-8797

-14/10: 66-8762; 27/10-: 66-8762; 29/10-: 66-8722

November

Three aircraft were transferred out during November: 65-0688 went to the 432 TRW on 1 November; 66-0267 went to the 432 TRW on 2 November; and 66-7661 went to the 405 FW on 25 November.

Only one aircraft was inducted into the SMAAR logistics unit in November: 66-7505, 1-3 November.

Air Asia Depot

9/11-: 66-8722; -11/11: 66-7767; 16/11-: 66-8741; -20/11: 65-0724; 23/11-: 66-8777

Clark AB/(6400 TS/COMBAT SAGE)

2-27/11: 66-8788; 10/11-: 66-7659; 10-14/11: 66-7576; 16-22/11: 66-7515; -17/11: 66-8762; 23-27/11: 66-8739, 66-8782; 30/11-5/12: 66-7575

OOAAR Clark AB

-4/11: 66-8792; 5/11-: 66-8795; 6-25/11: 66-8797; 12/11-: 66-8789 ( > OOAAR 14/11); -14/11: 66-8772

December

F-4D 66-8744, ex-366 TFW, was acquired from OOAAR Clark AB on 3 December; 66-8774 was acquired from the 405 FW on 14 December. Two aircraft were transferred to the 405 FW: 66-0704 went on 5 December; 66-7738 on 17 December.

F-4E 67-0326, 366 TFW, was down at Ubon RTAFB on 21 December, inducted into the OOAAR Ubon unit on 23 December.

SMAAR Ubon

2-12/12: 66-7765; 9-17/12: 66-7594; 22/12-2/1/71: 66-7583; 23/12-: F-4E 650326

Air Asia Depot

5/12-: 66-8815; -8/12: 66-8817; 14/12-: 65-0798; -14/12: 66-8686; -17/12: 66-8753; -19/12: 66-8722; 20/12-: 66-7575; -22/12: 66—8708, 66-8741; 23/12-: 66-8735; -23/12: 66-7468; -28/12: 66-8777

Clark AB/ (6400 TS/

1-11/;12: 65-0597; 7-12/12: 66-7628; 14-19/12: 66-7717; 20-24/12: 66-7636, 66-3750

7-14/12: 66-8792

OOAAR Clark AB

-3/12: 66-8790; -5/12: 66-8795; -18/12: 66-8789