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Typical Mission
Eddie Stough
Here's a leg by leg account of a Viet-Nam ara mission flown from Dover AFB,
Delaware to Da Nang Viet Nam in October, 1967. The crews flying missions to
Viet Nam staged at different locations and went into crew rest after each leg
of the mission. The aircraft continued with a staged crew and made the round
trip from Dover AFB to Viet Nam and back to Dover in an average of 45 flying
hours, while the the crews made the trip in five days or more deponding on the
length of crew rest and the specific routing they ended up taking.
06 October 67: Take off from Dover AFB at 2126Z hr. (Tail #613)
07 October 67: Land at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska at 052SZ hr. (7+59 flying Time)
Crew rest at Elmendorf.
08 October 67: Take off from Elmendorf at 0719Z hr. (Tail #271, Charleston AFB
aircraft). Land at Yakota AFB, Japan at 1619Z hr (9+0 flying Time) Enter crew
rest.
09 October 67: Take off from Yakola at 1750Z hr. (Tail #265). Land at Clark
AFB, PI at 2215Z hr. (4+25 flying time)
10 October 67; Take off from Clark at 0233Z hr. (Tail #265). Land at Yakota
AFB, Japan at 0705Z hr. (flying tune 3+42) Crew rest at Yakota.
lO October 67: Take oEf from Yakota for Cam Ranh Bay, Viet Nam at 2030Z hr.
(Tail #202 Charleston aircraft) Had mechanical problems and aborted the
mission. Diverted to Kadena AFB, Okinawa. Landed at Kadena at 2400Z hr, (3+30
flying time)
11 October 67: Take off from Kadena at 1738Z hr (Tail #219, Charleston
Aircraft) Land at Da Nang, Viet Nam at 2045Z hr, (3+07 flying Time) Take off
from Da Nang at 2208Zhr. (same airplane)
12 October 67: Land At Kadena 0130Z hr (3+22 flying time) Crew rest at Kadena.
Take off from Kadena at 2320Z hr, (Tail #629 Charleston Aircraft)
13 October 67: Land at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska at 081OZ hr. (8+50 flying Time)
Crew rest at Elmendorf.
14 October 67: Take off from Elmendorf at 0324Z hr. (Tail # 642) Land at Dover
AFB at 1032Z hr.(7+08 flying time) Total flying time for the mission was 51+03
and one (1) Combat Sortie.
I had three days crew rest at home and then back to the Flight Engineers
scheduling desk, scheduling Engineers for world wide missions similar to this
one.