VX-4 phantom loads

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:04:08 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:

Tex Houston wrote:

Guy and Ed,

If you are interested in all things Weasel, Ed Rock's book is now available
at http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore...x?bookid=28149 .

Thanks for the link. The preview is very interesting, as the date shows that
it is describing the first attack on SAM sites after the first US a/c, an F-4
(or maybe it was an RF-4), had been downed by an SA-2 on 24 July 1965. A real
cluster**** by all accounts, and now we've got the details that explain why.

Guy

I saw some galley's of Ed Rock's anthology of Weaseling two years ago
at River Rats in Las Vegas. It should have some interesting stories in
the package--a lot like Don Shepard's "Misty" on the F-100 Fast-FAC
business.

For some more details on the mission in the preview, take a look
around p. 90 of Tom Clancy/Chuck Horner's collaborative work, "Every
Man a Tiger". Horner and Roger Myhrum were on the mission.

Ed Rock was an instructor of mine at Nellis in '65-66 and arrived at
Korat in June of '66 as one of the first contingent of F-105F Wild
Weasels. (He wasn't on that mission that is excerpted for the book.)
He flew his 100 mission tour in the summer and fall of '66 and became
one of the first Weasels to survive the experience.

Ed was back at Korat in '72 when I returned in the F-4. At that time
he was commander of the 17th Wild Weasel Squadron (combined with the
561st WWS). He flew in both Linebacker I and II and we shared the
experience on a couple of trips North together.

He is probably one of the most unlikely looking fighter pilots you
would ever meet.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com