[R-390] R390A / R390 help

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>> I'll look thru my material and see what I can deduce from it. The word in
>> 1991 was that the HQ in Seoul was moving to K-14.  There was a lot going on
>> in Korea that was kept hush-hush but you got wind of it from time to
>> time...like little radio sites on mountain tops that needed food flown up to
>> them.
> 
> You mean the ones that the Red Ball Express couldn't winch and
> haul their 6x6 trucks up the road toin winter? Like (?)MangilSan?
> BTDT, GTTS.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Andrews
> mikea@mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin since 1964

Mike,

Yes, there were some sites that were reachable only by air. Flight following
radio services were provided by Evenreach Radio. I know that we had
revolving chow duties for some of the remote sites way up on mountains. They
were there for line of sight reasons. I saw some sort of Korean sites myself
on top of mountain ridges with nothing more than a hut and what appeared to
be one soldier. I never saw roads or trails up to the places either as I
flew over them.

If anyone has read Blackhawk Down, or has seen the movie you may notice a
Captain named Jim Yacone. His wife Becky was a Captain who flew Blackhawks
at our airfield. I know that she flew to those sites. Both are great people.
I gave Jim evals and saw him at Ft. Rucker right before he left for the
Special Forces flight unit. I always knew he was a winner and he was one of
the few Captains that I liked. He flew the little birds in Somalia and word
was that he had a major role in the shootout. I saw the book in the store
and looked their names up in the index. It appears Becky was only mentioned
as Jim's wife in the book, so she may have left the service by then. She was
hilarious to be around. I've heard more about Jim's actions in Somalia but
that is only grapevine stuff at the moment. I was told he hovered over the
warlord shooters to draw fire to his aircraft and away from our downed guys
in the streets. I need to see the movie as it is supposed to be factual.



Barry