Eighth Aerial Port Squadron, USAF in Vietnam

Richard "Rick" Phillips

8th APS MOB 1969-70


Phillips was on Doug Cave's Team. He sent us a bunch of photos. Some have been scanned, more are to be added. These photos show him and some of his team-mates on missions during 1969 & 1970, plus photos of Dick, his bike and his wife in 2011.


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8th APS MOB at work - Archie Delaughter, Dave Phillips - in Vietnam

Archie Delaughter, Rick Phillips
"A Hard Day's Work"
1969-70

8th APS MOB - Bennie Drake, Archie Delaughter, Romer. Dave - in Vietnam

Bennie Drake, Archie Delaughter, ? Romer, Dave Ankeman
Quan Long 1970




8th APS MOB - Archie Delaughter with exploded rocket shell - in Vietnam

Archie Delaughter
with "something he found near the airstrip"
- an exploded rocket shell  -
Vietnam 1970

 8th APS MOB - Sgt Clark - in Vietnam

Ssgt "Buddha" Clark
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"dressed for the part"
aka "dressed for the weather"
combat airlift in
Vietnam 1970
8th APS MOB -Sgt Neil Brown - in Vietnam

Sgt. Neil Brown 		8th APS MOB - LTJ in Mortar Pit in Vietnam

LTJ in Mortar Pit
(note aiming stakes and marks)

New - Aug. 2015 -

Recently discovered photo of Rick & Archie in front of 8th MOB barracks at Tan Son Nhut Airbase - 1969-70

(Note this is the only photo we have of Archie all cleaned up...)


8th APS MOB: Rick-Phillips and Archie Delaughter - Vietnam, 1970		 8th APS MOB: Rick-Phillips and Archie Delaughter - Vietnam, 1970
New - Aug. 2015 -

"Rick at His Bunker" - Budop Special Forces Camp, Vietnam -1969-70

Rick Phillips at Bunker - BuDop Special Forces Camp, Vietnam -1969-70

Where We Worked in Vietnam
(scanned from 1970 issue of the Vietnam Airlifter)

8th APS MOB - Where We Wroked in Vietnam

Where we worked...

8th APS MOB - Plaque presented to Dick Phillips in Vietnam

Plaque presented to Rick Phillips at the end of his tour with the 8th MOB
Vietnam 1970		 8th APS MOB - The Chosen Few - in Vietnam

"The Chosen Few"
patch detail from the plaque
Vietnam 1970
8th APS MOB - presented to Dick Phillips - in Vietnam

Detail of Plaque presented to Dick at the end of his tour

PRESENTED TO
A1C RICHARD L. PHILLIPS
FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AS
A MEMBER OF THE MOB SQUAD
1969 - 1970




Back in "The World" - 2011

Dick Phillips & his Bike On The Bucket List - after Vietnam

Rick and his bike - On The Bucket List

Dick and his wife - at the Wall in Hesperia, California

Rick and his wife Sheila - at the Wall in Hesperia, California

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