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Mobility & Detachment Locations

USAF 8th APS MOB Patch
Rob Carson's patch
(1970)
on display at
Wright Pat AFB
Museum
 Eighth Aerial Port Squadron, USAF

Aerial Port Mobility Operations
"the 8th MOB"

HOME OF "THE FLYING FORKLIFTS"
an integral part of Tactical Airlift in Vietnam, 1965-1975
 (III Corps & IV Corps)

 		8th Mob Patch courtesy of Cary Louderbeck
Cary Louderback's
patch (1971)
photo by daughter
Angie
now expanded to include those who served in Mobility Operations or at the I Corps & II Corps Dets & OLS of
14th Aerial Port Squadron (Cam Ranh Bay) & 15th Aerial Port Squadron (Danang) & 8th Aerial Port Squadron Detachments

"These guys were airmen living a soldier's life at remote air strips deep in the VC-infested jungle... "

Since we were all volunteers, and since not all volunteers were accepted,
and since many times the 'volunteers' where chosen to join MOB by existing members,
we were also known as

"The Chosen Few"

A1c Runfeldt transporting 122mm howitzer using USAF 463L 10K AT; SSgt Roy Shinley - Djamap, RVN 1970
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We are proud to announce that we have been included on Georgia Tech's Excellent Vietnam War Resources website

THE PHOTO WE'VE BEEN SEEKING FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS

Sgt. Neil Brown and his 10k AT - Budop, 1969



Sgt Neil Brown and his 10kAT at Budop, November, 1969.

Sgt Brown had been separating Fuel Bladders and Pallets of Live Ammo during a mortar attack when an incoming mortar round ignited a fuel bladder right behind him. He could not move forward; he could not back up. He was trapped in the blaze and had to abandon his forklift and escape on foot. The ensuing fire and explosions continued for hours, effectively destroying the entire supply of both fuel and ammunition - from small arms to howitzer shells, as can be seen in the foreground.

After the fire was over and explosions had died down, this was what was left of the 10 K Adverse Terrain forklift.

This is the photo we have been trying to track down for many years.
A framed copy of this photo was on the wall outside of 8th APS Squadron Commander Col. Lisec's office at TSN and was the first photo many of us saw of the MOB teams at work in Vietnam when we arrived there in January of 1970.
photo courtesy of Connie Lisec from the collection of Colonel Victor Lisec.

See another photo of this AT as it was burning.










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