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The 49 members of the No 35 Caribou Squadron, RAAF, Technical Flight are working around the clock at Vung Tau airbase to keep the aircraft constantly flying. The heavily committed Caribou aircraft needs constant servicing, and because they are flying all day, much of the work is being done at night. The seven Caribou in the squadron have flown a total of 150,000 hours since their arrival in Vietnam. 222018 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Brian Stuart Peck, of Grafton, NSW, engine fitter, overhauls the propeller hub of a Caribou aircraft under flood lights, in the No 35 Squadron, RAAF lines at Vung Tau.
The 49 members of the No 35 Caribou Squadron, RAAF, Technical Flight are working around the clock at Vung Tau airbase to keep the aircraft constantly flying. The heavily committed Caribou aircraft ne
An unidentified member of No 35 Squadron, RAAF, shows Vietnamese youth Pham Thai how to assemble the undercarriage of a Caribou aircraft, at the maintenance section of Vung Tau Airfield.
219590 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) David William Marland, of Mascot, NSW, (centre) a pilot with No 35 Caribou Squadron, RAAF, explains the procedure used by the RAAF for parachutists jumping from Carib
Aerial view of a No 35 Squadron, RAAF, Caribou, flying up and down the Back Beach off the east coast of Vung Tau Peninsula.
Aerial view of a No 35 Squadron, RAAF, Caribou (left) and a No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter, (right) flying up and down the Back Beach off the east coast of Vung Tau Peninsula.
Aerial view of a No 35 Squadron, RAAF, Caribou (left) and a No 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter, (right) flying up and down the Back Beach off the east coast of Vung Tau Peninsula.
