USAF pilots received Vietnamese Air Force wings at Tan Son Nhut Air Base
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derivative filename/jpeg
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363-02454.jpg
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-02454
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Title
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USAF pilots received Vietnamese Air Force wings at Tan Son Nhut Air Base
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Description
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Original caption: "Twenty seven USAF pilots received Vietnamese Air Force wings and certificates of honorary membership in the VNAF at the ceremony at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, on 12 March 1963. All were members of a group of 30 Air Force flyers assigned about a year ago to the 43rd VNAF Transport Group to augment the shortage of Vietnamese pilots. The Air Force contingent use nicknamed the "Dirty Thirtys" from the outset. Twenty pilots, shown here, were present for the decorations, seven were absent. All have completed between 600 and 700 combat and airlift support missions in the role of co-pilot advisors and instructor pilots in Vietnamese. VNAF officer and airmen personnel stood at attention while Colonel Huyen Huu Hfen, VNAF Commander in Chief made the presentation." US Airmen standing in a formation holding rolled paper.
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Date
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1963, Mar. 12
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; Airmen; Air forces--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
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Location
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Tân Sơn Nhứt, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8185; 106.6588
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Size
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20 x 25 cm
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Container
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B145, F1
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Format
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black-and-white prints (photographs)
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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United States. Air Force
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections
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