Motivational Poster Thread (warning content)

As the DZSO for my little Air Force airborne unit, this is - sadly - too believable.

 

If your willing to jump we are willing to drop you... you call we hall drop zones to fill and enemies to kill...

 

The unit was an ASOC - Air Support Operations Center - TacAir (Death) ON CALL....


some of the younger troops are pretty 'enthusiastic'.


The old heads are just "JUST KILL THE EFF'ERS". Pretty laid back bunch.


Grunt hollers - "Taking fire from the treeline..."

USAF Tac controller - "What treeline"

 

Back in the day - they were called ROMAD - Radio Operator and Driver - only officers were allowed to control airstrikes....


Even on the hills outside of Pleiku

 

Just a soft belly rifleman.....

 

Pleiku Air Base South Vietnam - 1969 (then)

Now - I couldn't find any photos...
After the seizure of the base by the North Vietnamese in 1975, the captured South Vietnamese military aircraft were either destroyed or flown out to other airfields and Pleiku Air Base was abandoned, apparently remaining so for many years. Today, a small airport terminal building has been erected on the pad of one of the former USAF hangars. The former base facility has been torn down and a few streets remain, the land now being used for agriculture; none of the former base buildings remain. The large aircraft parking ramp remains but is largely abandoned, along with the jet taxiway which is unused. The former USAF control tower and large fire department building with garages for the large fire engines on the flightline remains standing; their current use is undetermined.