The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
One of the CH-47 Chinook gun ships from the 53rd Aviation Detachment, United States (US) Army, which operated from the US base at Vung Tau. This aircraft is probably 64-13154, named 'Birth Control'. The unit's tactical sign, (tac sign), was a flying skull logo with two spinning rotor blades and simulated gunfire coming from the eyes and mouth. This tac sign is visible stencilled onto the front rotor housing located above the cockpit. The detachment was led by Lieutenant Colonel Tedesco, US Army. This helicopter is armed with a mixture of Browning .50 calibre machine guns, 20 mm cannons, two 19 tube 2.75 inch rocket pods and a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher fitted under the nose. The weapons on the pylons could be substitued with other combinations of rocket pods and M-134 mini guns.
A CH-47 Chinook gun ship from the 53rd Aviation Detachment, United States Army, which operated from Vung Tau in 1966. This aircraft is 64-13154, named 'Birth Control' and it is armed with six Browning
An American Iroquois ‘Huey’ helicopter, which caught fire whilst refuelling at the ‘Kangaroo Pad’ helipad at the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) base. Just after 7:30am, the Huey with the call sign
An OV-10A Bronco twin engined aircraft, (67-14619), from the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (19th TASS), United States Air Force (USAF), flying over a province in South Vietnam. The aircraft is ar
The starboard sponson of a North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco light attack and observation aircraft, which flew forward air control (FAC) missions with the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS)
RAAF pilot, 44135 Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Ian Semmler, (right), climbing into the cockpit of an OV-10A Bronco aircraft, (possibly 67-14619), from the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (19th TASS),
The unit sign for the 53rd Aviation Detachment, United States Army, which operated CH-47 Chinook gun ships from Vung Tau during 1966. The unit adopted a flying skull logo depicted with two rotor blade
