116th Assault Helicopter Company - "Hornets, Yellow Jackets", Wasps, Stingers" - Page 1

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HQ Chu Lai 1971 Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	HQ Chu Lai 1971 Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Hornets Nest, Chu Lai Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	I was the unofficial weapons guy in the company. Need a souvenir? see Wes. I carried one of the folding stocked AK 47's when I flew. Also a 1911 Colt .45. No, didn't get either one back home. Damn! Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Wes with a Thompson circa 1971 Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	My wife worked in the recovery room of the 91st Evac hospital at Chu Lai. The baby, proof that life goes on was born in the hospital because it's mother had been seriously injured by a VC/NVA trail trap out side her vill. So when visiting the Hospital I would lend a hand with some patient care including holding and feeding the babies. It helped pass the time in a positive way. That is how I remember it. Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Me at LZ Marge (in the same area as Mary Anne) on what they called "Infantry appreciation." I actually geared up and went to a line company in the field for three days. Yeah I know, young and dumb! Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
"Broke Dick" of the 178th Box Cars. It has a mechanical problem on the way to Danang from Chu Lai. The Air Cav came to cover since the beach was considered to be bad guy country. A second Chinook was sent to take us all back to Chu Lai. Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
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Twin 60s Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	116th AHC YellowJacket Plt 1971 Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Broke Stinger C Model Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
116th AHC Yellow Jacket Ship Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	116th Air Maint Shop Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	116th Stinger C Model Gun Ship Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
116th Company Area Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Bunker Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	116th Motor Pool after April Typhoon Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Shit Burners Chu Lai 1971 Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Early Bug Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Hornet Ship Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
24th Corps HQ Russian 37mm AA Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	24th Corps HQ 50 Cals Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	I Corp HQ 122mm Rocket Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Quang Tri Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Quang Tri Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Danang Flight Line post Hestor Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	FSB Siberia Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Tam Ky Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Heading out Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Low Level on Highway 1 Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Surprise surprise Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Landing on Highway 1 South of Chu Lai Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Blue Max Aerial Artillery Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Heading to the nest at Chu Lai Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Keeping it Straight Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Formation Break Right Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Formation Flying Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	XO Captain Wisdom Image courtesy of Wes Hensley	XO Captain Wisdom Image courtesy of Wes Hensley
The mountain near Tay Ninh known as the Black Virgin 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Tail number 813, a 2nd plt Wasps ship Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Ronald Ray Baker a Stinger, 4 crew members KIA on 6/5/69 crashed in Hoa Nghia province Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Combat assault with Smokey. Picture taken from a Stinger gun ship Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Picture of James 'Candy' Barr and Joe Skarda Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Cliff Devon Wright KIA 6/27/69 Bullet. Happened in Binh Duong province Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Joe Skarda making Christmas 1968 a little better in the 116th company area at Cu Chi Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Joe Skarda's floor board in a Stinger gun ship Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	40 mm canon on the nose of Stinger gun ship known as a 'Frog'. The prophylactic was to keep the dirt out of it on take off and landing, this picture better known as Stinger safe sex. Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
WO 1 Robert Jantz KIA 1/2/69 Hoa Nghia province Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Original Colors for the 116thAHC Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Capt. Ford and Gilcrest Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
My first slick, a Yellow Jacket Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Hornet patch Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	2nd plt Yellow Jacket patch Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Jimmy Wayne Crisp and WO1 Richard Jerome Holman both KIA on 6/5/69 in Hoa Nghia province Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Joe Skarda Stinger gunner Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Joe Skarda with one of his crashed Stinger gun ships Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Joe Skarda with a rolled over slick in POL Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	A shot of Joe Skarda's gun ship called 'Here Comes the Judge' Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Joe Skarda and another crashed Stinger gun ship Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Joe Skarda in the Stinger corner of the 116th swimming pool Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Mike Phillips at the 116th's swimming pool Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	A bunch of Stingers at the swimming pool Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Peter Paul Polak KIA on 2/21/69 Hoa Nghia province Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Top of Stinger ring designed by Joe Skarda. One of only four ever made Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Rocket coming out of my gun ship. Picture taken by Joe Skarda Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Stinger patch 68-69 Cu Chi Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	SP4 Estes in a classic Stinger gunner pose. We did this to be able to shoot under the belly and to the rear pulling out of a gun run. Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Picture of original Stinger pin Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
Joe Skarda with another wrecked Stinger bird Cu Chi 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Joe Skarda with Stinger wrecked ship 68-69 Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	Another wrecked Stinger bird Cu Chi Image courtesy of Joe Skarda
2nd plt Wasps of the Hornets patch Cu Chi Image courtesy of Joe Skarda	1st plt Yellow Jackets patch Cu Chi Image courtesy of Joe Skarda

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