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New —
Aircraft Roster
Wayne Buser's extremely complete roster of all 307 Caribou aircraft
built by deHavilland has now been converted to a database and can be
searched by tail number. The link to this page can be found at the
bottom of the Aircraft Page.
New! — Forum
The forum section has been completely updated with new software and you
are encouraged to give it a try. In order to control the spam we
encountered last time around, you will have to register in order to
post. Please give it a try and post your comments!
New! — Proceedings
This is new feature of the web site that will allow you to read the
formal motions and votes of the Board throughout the year.
April 30
Roster
The Roster is now updated through 30 April 2008. Note that you can now search for people who reside in a particular
state.
National Museum of
the United States Air Force Memorial Bench
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Pat Hanavan, the Association now has a
memorial bench in place at the National Museum of the USAF at
Wright-Patterson AFB. More photos posted as of 2 April!
May 2008 Newsletter
The May 2008 Newsletter is now posted for your reading
enjoyment as of 17 April 2008. We are still interested in hearing how
many people would forgo mail delivery for just printing what is posted.
What we post is exactly what we send to our printer. Let
Pat Hanavan known what your
thoughts are.
Missing Man
The Missing Man page has been updated with Lieutenant Colonel Lames R.
Hope
(Updated 15 January 2007).
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Reunion 2008
Complete information on our Dayton reunion from Wayne DeLawter and Tom
McHugh is now posted as of 1 May 2008. Note that your registration
form will arrive with the June Reunion Flyer.
New Officers 2007 -
2008
The latest list of Officers and appointed positions is now posted.
Note that Randy Smith resigned as Secretary and Al Cunliffe has been
appointed to replace him. The latest update is that George Harmon has
also resigned and has been replaced with Fred Dimon. (Updated 10 October 2007)
Caribou
Memorabilia
Jim Meyer has been able to obtain a Caribou lapel pin. Check it out!
Lost and
Found
The latest post is on 18 November 2007 with a question from Dan Lorch, Jr.
Retiree
Info
VA Medical Benefits (posted on 12 June 2006). This will be
an ongoing narrative to help others navigate the bureaucratic morass.
A Milestone is reached!
We have now passed the 100,000 web site hits mark! Check the
counter on the home page!
Photo
Album Addition
The latest photo updates are from Bob Farmer and Jerry York
(posted 7 August 2006).
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Crew Duties Update
As of 6 August, there have been some updates and additions to the
Crew Duties page. Mostly this
was done to clarify the duties of some of the appointed positions.
Links
An interesting link to the aircraft used by Air America has been added (11
June 2006).
Caribou
History
Larry Schiff has compiled the latest list of Squadron aircraft
assignments from Wayne Buser's master Roster. Posted on 18 July 2006.
History
Attention Tiger Line!!
The 535th has been reactivated at Hickam AFB. More info
here.
Attention Red Tails!!
Al Cunliffe has found the 458th alive and well and living at
Scott AFB!
What does the icon mean?
You will notice the following icon:
at the bottom of some pages. All this means is that I have brought the
page into full compliance with the W3C HTML 4.01 Transitional specification
in preparation for moving to XHTML 1.0.
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The Caribou Tax
Just to reiterate the plea in the newsletter, the Association needs your
support. If you are a member, please check the roster
and see if you are up to date. If the "Tax" date is
not "2007" or later, please get a check in the mail to
Bill Buesking. If you are not a member, please consider joining. We
welcome former Caribou people as voting members and anyone else who would
like to help support the Association as non-voting members. In
either case, you will receive the newsletter. Full information,
along with Bill's address is on the FAQ
page.
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History
Request
A number of us are trying to compile historical information on the USAF
C-7A, C-7B, and its units (including training, AFRES, and ANG units).
The results of some of that work is to be found in our pages devoted to Caribou
units and aircraft squadron assignments. The information on
public web sources is limited, but we have a huge wealth of it in people's
heads. It sure would be nice if some of it could come this way.
We are particularly interested in nailing down the location history
of the Vietnam squadrons from 1 Jan 1967 and the aircraft tail numbers
assigned to each squadron. Following that, information on the Wing
and Squadron Commanders is needed. Until we can convince someone to
take on the role of Official Historian, forward any information you have
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