"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:43:03 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


"Daryl Hunt" wrote in message
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He might have been mistaken about his location. Look into Wicheta
Field,
TX as well. IN 69-70, I do know they were doing Chopper training for
Foriegn Troops at that time. I don't know if there was any maintenance
training but there was assuredly flight training.


Wicheta Field? Perhaps you mean Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX?

There was assuredly Undergraduate Pilot Training at Sheppard in
'69-70, but no rotary wing. The USAF helicopter training operation was
moving (as someone pointed out) from Stead AFB which was deactivating
to Ft. Wolters (as I mentioned) and Ft. Rucker, where the Army became
the sole source for USAF/USA rotary wing qualification.

Sheppard might have been an operational training site for USAF
helicopters, but I don't know for sure. HH-3 and HC-53 was done AFAIK
at Hurlburt. I don't think HH-43 "Pedro" was in the inventory any
longer. UH-1 training had been Stead and then Rucker. (Those were the
missile silo service helicopters.)

I believe there were a few "Foriegn" trainees. The running joke was that
they sometimes didn't bother to land before the pilot exits. Who they were
and where they came from, I have no idea. To tell you the truth, it sounds
more like Iranians the way they were acting.