yokota57 Posted March 29, 2023 Author #351 Posted March 29, 2023 USAF / 3906th Operations Squadron. Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted March 29, 2023 Author #352 Posted March 29, 2023 USAF / HQ 3906th Combat Support Group. Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted April 3, 2023 Author #353 Posted April 3, 2023 USAF / Air Force Advisory Group. Binh Thuy Air Base, RVN. Japanese-made "Konwal-Tall".
yokota57 Posted April 21, 2023 Author #354 Posted April 21, 2023 USAF / 421st Air Police Squadron (FEAF). Tachikawa Air Base, Japan 1956. Japanese-made "Wellington". It must have taken 20 to 30 years to rub all that chrome off the reverse. Nervous habit!
yokota57 Posted April 27, 2023 Author #355 Posted April 27, 2023 USAF / 799th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (SM-145). Joelton Air Force Station, TN 1956-1961. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted May 17, 2023 Author #356 Posted May 17, 2023 USAF / 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Misawa Air Base, Japan 1958. F-100 "Super Sabre". Japanese-made "Konwal Super" w/#251 Zippo insert.
yokota57 Posted May 24, 2023 Author #357 Posted May 24, 2023 USAF / "Rice Paddy Rancho" Service Club. Showa Air Base (Air Station) Japan 1956. This one was Clara's. Japanese-made "Wellington".
yokota57 Posted May 25, 2023 Author #358 Posted May 25, 2023 USAF / 623d Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron Detachment 2. "NCO Club Kume-Shima-Air Station Habu-Hill" (62 miles west of Naha, Okinawa). Japanese-made "Wellington".
yokota57 Posted June 3, 2023 Author #359 Posted June 3, 2023 USAF / 315th Troop Carrier Wing (Medium) HQ. Brady Air Base, Japan. 1952-1955. Curtiss C-46 "Commando". Japanese-made "No-Name".
AlexeiK Posted June 6, 2023 #360 Posted June 6, 2023 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron "Blue Barons" (62nd Airlift Squadron), 314th Troop Carrier Wings (Sewart AFB, Tennessee). Japanese-made Vulcan. Acc. to Wiki, the 62nd Squadron was deployed to Japan for combat operations in 1950 for the Korean War and then returned to the United States in 1954. In the light of Japanese provenance, should it be dated back to the Korean War? The 62nd Squadron’s insignia has changed several times and it should be a clue, but I failed to find the detailed history of the logo.
yokota57 Posted June 6, 2023 Author #361 Posted June 6, 2023 26 minutes ago, AlexeiK said: 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron "Blue Barons" (62nd Airlift Squadron), 314th Troop Carrier Wings (Sewart AFB, Tennessee). Japanese-made Vulcan. Acc. to Wiki, the 62nd Squadron was deployed to Japan for combat operations in 1950 for the Korean War and then returned to the United States in 1954. In the light of Japanese provenance, should it be dated back to the Korean War? The 62nd Squadron’s insignia has changed several times and it should be a clue, but I failed to find the detailed history of the logo. Thanks for posting it. Ichi-ban!
AlexeiK Posted June 7, 2023 #362 Posted June 7, 2023 15 hours ago, yokota57 said: Thanks for posting it. Ichi-ban! Do you have any ideas about dating? Initially I suspected that Japanese provenance indicates that the lighter was bought in Japan. But you've explained me in another thread that Japanese-made Zippo-like lighters were widely imported in US.
yokota57 Posted June 7, 2023 Author #363 Posted June 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, AlexeiK said: Do you have any ideas about dating? Initially I suspected that Japanese provenance indicates that the lighter was bought in Japan. But you've explained me in another thread that Japanese-made Zippo-like lighters were widely imported in US. Your 62d TCS would be late 1950s. I'm in the process of compiling a data base on Japanese-made base stamps and how they can be applied to dating. Unit research is the key. Don't hold your breath on the data base as real life tends to intrude on my time!
AlexeiK Posted June 7, 2023 #364 Posted June 7, 2023 USAF / 13th Bomb Squadron "The Devil's Own Grim Reapers". Japanese-made Prince. Note the poorly done gift engraving "Perc from Bob" (a later add-on?). Any ideas on dating?
yokota57 Posted June 7, 2023 Author #365 Posted June 7, 2023 2 hours ago, AlexeiK said: USAF / 13th Bomb Squadron "The Devil's Own Grim Reapers". Japanese-made Prince. Note the poorly done gift engraving "Perc from Bob" (a later add-on?). Any ideas on dating? Ichi-ban! 13th BS (Light, Night Intruder) Korean War (or shortly thereafter) as evidenced by the B-26. Personalized too! Thanks for posting it.
yokota57 Posted June 10, 2023 Author #366 Posted June 10, 2023 USAF / 5700th Air Police Squadron. Howard AFB, Canal Zone. Japanese-made "Super Ace".
yokota57 Posted June 10, 2023 Author #367 Posted June 10, 2023 USAF / Air Task Force 13 (Provisional). Air component of the US Taiwan Defense Command. Taipei Air Station, ROC 1955-1966. Japanese-made "Konwal Super".
yokota57 Posted June 20, 2023 Author #368 Posted June 20, 2023 USAF / 98th Field Maintenance Squadron. Lincoln AFB, NE. 1954-1966. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted June 20, 2023 Author #369 Posted June 20, 2023 USAF (SAC) / 345th Bomb Squadron (Medium). Boeing B-47E. Lincoln AFB, NE 1954-1966. Japanese-made "ACE".
yokota57 Posted June 20, 2023 Author #370 Posted June 20, 2023 USAF / 7th Motor Transport Squadron Detachment 4. **7th MTS was at K-11 Ulsan ROK. If you know the location of Det 4, please message me**. Japanese-made "Longines".
yokota57 Posted June 24, 2023 Author #371 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/20/2023 at 3:41 PM, yokota57 said: USAF / 7th Motor Transport Squadron Detachment 4. **7th MTS was at K-11 Ulsan ROK. If you know the location of Det 4, please message me**. Japanese-made "Longines". Det 4 7th MTS must have been co-located with the 543d Ammunition Supply Squadron (Depot) at Pusan-East (K-9) AB, ROK hence the combined insignia. Any opinions or alternate information?
yokota57 Posted June 24, 2023 Author #372 Posted June 24, 2023 USAF / 687th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron. West Mesa Air Force Station, NM. 1956-1968. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted June 29, 2023 Author #373 Posted June 29, 2023 USAF / 962d Airborne Early Warning & Control Squadron (551st AEW&C Wing / Air Defense Command). Lockheed EC-121/RC-121. Otis AFB, MA 1955-1969. Japanese-made "Pacific".
yokota57 Posted July 1, 2023 Author #374 Posted July 1, 2023 USAF / 6361st ABS/6415th Air Base Squadron (Iwo Jima Air Base) "Black Pearl NCO Club". Japanese-made "Super Ace".
yokota57 Posted July 1, 2023 Author #375 Posted July 1, 2023 USAF / 433d Tactical Fighter Squadron "Satan's Angels". Ubon RTAFB, Thailand (8th TFW "Wolf Pack") 1965-1974. F-4C/D "Phantom II". Period correct Japanese-made "Vulcan".
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