Many Thanks!....to the gunship crewmembers listed below for your
seed money donations. Your generosity gave this website it's start and
will continue to ensure we tell the story of those United States Air Force Air Commandos who flew the mighty
AC-119 gunships during the Vietnam War.
To Accompany Promotion To Lead Crew Status
The following individuals distinguished themselves by extraordinary achievement while participating as contributors to the AC-119 gunships website. During this time these donors embarked on a one-armed monetary mission for a friendly website operating against heavily defended (Home Defence Forces) financial resources. After attacking their pockets and locating several pieces of various coinage, these crewmembers made repeated donations against these financial odds despite intense and accurate home fire. Their superior financial finess resulted in the furtherance of this website for another year. The professional competence, monetary skill, and devotion to this website displayed by these crew members reflect great credit upon themsleves, this website, the history of the Air Commandos, and the United States Air Force.
July 25, 1999
Ray Barradale
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
AC-119
Gunship Association
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
362
Training Sq, Sheppard AFB, TX
for Harvey Peterson
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Ron
Julian
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Howie
Reid
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Pete
Chamberlin
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Marty
Noonan
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Dick
Iversen
Lead Crew,Numba one Super baht!
Anton
(Tony) Bautz
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Dan
McDuffie
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Larry
Fletcher
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Art
Perry
Lead Crew, Numba one Super baht!
Richard Corbett
Lead Crew, baht man!
Wendell
Cosner
Lead Crew, baht man!
John
Schumann
Lead Crew, baht man!
Fred
Graves
Lead Crew, baht man!
Lou
Gonzalez
Lead Crew, baht man!
Phil
Wheatley
Lead Crew, baht man!
Ed
Metz
Lead Crew, baht man!
Bill
Hamilton
Lead Crew, baht man!
Andrew
Turlington
Lead Crew, baht man!
Jim
(Bill) Crow
Lead Crew, baht man!
Ken
Firestone
Lead Crew, baht man!
Charles
(Bud) Donaldson
Lead Crew, baht man!
John
Kalbert
Lead Crew, baht man!
Edward
Elbert
Lead Crew, baht man!
Jimmy
Grant
Lead Crew, baht man!
LeRoy
Frahm
Lead Crew, baht man!
Norm
Dotti
Lead Crew, baht man!
Steve
Meleen
Lead Crew, baht man!
Ed
Pinkham
Lead Crew, baht man!
Steve
Pennington
Lead Crew, baht man!
Bill
(Andy) Anderson
Lead Crew, baht man!
Bill
Hoover
Lead Crew, baht man!
Doug
Metcalf
Lead Crew, baht man!
J.
E. "Spike" Briggs
Lead Crew, baht man!
Bill
Petrie
Lead Crew, nit noi baht, cheap charlie!
Note: For those of you not familiar with baht, it is Thai money. Super baht is someone with lots of bucks. Nit noi baht is someone with little money. If you are cursed to have the designation "nit noi baht cheap charlie" you are in serious trouble and probably a "number 10 GI."
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