Eglin’s Capsule being refurbished - need help
Mr. John (Chuck) Yeager, Air Force Armament Museum Specialist, at Eglin AFB is in the process of refurbishing portions of the ABCCC capsule they have on display there.
He would like to be contacted by anyone who may have knowledge of the capsule and how it’s all put together.
You don’t need to be Capsule Maintenance to help… he would like to hear from anyone who might have an interest in helping him understand what he’s dealing with.
Currently, he’s coordinated full refurbishment of the upholstery by an Eglin AFB contractor - at no cost to the museum. This is a significant undertaking… all seats and headrests will be refinished.
He has also obtained a Moonbeam Party Suit from the late 1960’s/early 1970’s that is being prepared for mannequin display later on this year.
I visited the museum yesterday on a trip through Ft. Walton. I recommend it to anyone near or passing by Eglin AFB. It’s about 35 miles off of I-10 for those of you moving through the panhandle of Florida on the Interstate. It’s a quick down and back from I-10 and well worth the side trip. There is much more at the museum than just one of our capsules. Many aircraft on display as well as a large and interesting collection of indoor displays of USAF weaponry.
Here is Chuck’s contact info:
John “Chuck” Yeager
Museum Specialist
(850) 882-4062
DSN 872-4062
100 Museum Drive
Eglin AFB, FL 32542
http://www.afarmamentmuseum.com
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Expeditionary Airborne Battlespace Command and Control Center (EABCCC)
Hind Sight is nearly always 20-20…
“In the two most recent operations involving U.S. forces, the EC-130E ABCCC platform was not available. The Air Force had retired it in 2002 on the premise that the CAOC would have sufficient communications resources to exercise command and control over vast distances in a widely distributed battlespace. In the absence of an ABCCC, the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) and joint surveillance and target attack radar system (JSTARS) had to fulfill the battlefield management role. This led to problems, both real and perceived, in providing air support to ground forces in a widely distributed battlespace.”
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Biloxi Newspaper Article - 7ACCS
We got this from the Clarks.
That’s Tony Youngblood in the foreground…
Click Here for the large version...
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New Aircraft Pics
A dozen or so new images of ABCCC aircraft have been added to the site - thanks to Don Jay’s and Scott Doremus’ eagle eyes. All found on the web here and there…
http://www.abtriplec.com/index.php/jun07/subindex2/C15/
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YouTube Videos
Here is some youtube.com video I’ve found - pokin around when I should have been working… I’ll post more as I find them and re-date this entry to get it back to the top of the “Recent Entries” list when I do… If you come up with any youtube videos that you think should be here - email the URL to me -
History Channel:
- CIA and the Vietnam War Declassified Part 1
Part 1: “French Imperialism, Communist Revolution and US intervention” - CIA and the Vietnam War Declassified Part 2
Part 2: Underground Complexes and the Tunnel Rats - CIA and the Vietnam War Declassified Part 3
Part 3: The Ho Chi Minh Trail - CIA and the Vietnam War Declassified Part 4
Part 4: Battle of Political and Military Will - CIA and the Vietnam War Declassified Part 5
Part 5: American Bombing and Viet Cong Booby Trapsli> - CIA and the Vietnam War Declassified Part 6
Part 6: United States of America withdraws.
Thailand/Laos - What wonders 30+ years can bring...
- Living on Korat Airbase 65/66
- Bob Hope - Nam Phong Thailand Dec 1972
- Sonkran - Annual Water Festival what fun we had…
- Onboard Thai Airways Landing at Udorn - Mar07
- Udorn - Nov 07
- Konsaay village in Udon Thani province
- Memories of Laos
- Luang Prabang, Laos
- Mark’s Trip to Laos
- Bicycling Through Laos
- Vientiane
- The Secret War In Laos (Plain of Jars)
- Still a Secret War
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Project Credible Sport - Operation Eagle Claw Followup
We all know that several of the 7ACCS birds were used in the ill-fated attempt to rescue American hostages from Teheran in May of 1980… and one was lost, along with its crew. But some of may be surprised to learn that preparation for a second rescue attempt had been initiated.
Dubbed Project Credible Sport, it was aimed at heavily modifying three C-130H aircraft so they would be able to land and take off from the Amjadien soccer stadium across the street from the U. S. Embassy in Teheran. You can read all about it here: http://www.crediblesport.com/.
Here is a youtube.com video that shows some of the testing - including a test that went bad-wrong at the end of this video.
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Truck Count
Spectre Operations at or near their initial operations over the Ho Chi Minh trail. Very interesting reading.
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/jan-feb/zeybel.html
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Good Reading - Air Operations Vietnam
Tecnically not Laos Related but the tactics and overall operations were the same. There’s some good reading here:
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thomas.Pilsch/AirOps/index.html
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