A-1 Combat Journal
Updates / Changes

2 Feb 2000

• Added material on the Power Plant section from the Flight Manual in the TO Tidbits section.

2 Apr 1999

• Added material on the Skyraider Yankee Extraction system from the Flight Manual in the TO Tidbits section.

• Posted sorties 136-138
• Added glossary entries
• Added a page of supporting information for the Crow 01 SAR

9 Sep 1998

• Began Chapter 10 - The Final Chapter
• Posted sorties 128-135
• Added glossary entries

9 Sep 1998

• Added new title image and a link to my Flight Journal article on the Flight Journal website.

28 Aug 1998

• Posted sorties #118-127
• Continued Chapter 9 'Dog Days' of Summer

24 Aug 1998

• Posted sorties #113-117
• Added Chapter 9 'Dog Days' of Summer

13 Aug 1998

• Posted sorties #110-112
• Added entry to glossary page

8 Aug 1998

• Posted sorties #108-109
• Added different title image to Table of Contents page

29 Jul 1998

• Posted sorties #103-107
• Added two new glossary entries

7 Jul 1998

• Added a link to a page about the history of the Air Commandos to the 'USAF A-1 Skyraider
  Southeast Asia Role' page

6 Jul 1998

• Corrected the writeup for sortie #70, 1 May 72, (Chapter 5)
• Posted sortie 101
• Relocated images from within Chapter 7 to a separate page to allow faster loading
• Changed the title image

5 Jul 1998

• Posted sorties #97-100
• Added a separate page for supporting photos for sortie #100
• Added glossary entries.

27 Jun 1998

• Posted sortie #95 - RTB to NKP
• Posted sortie #96 - SAR for Valent 03/04

24 Jun 1998

• Posted sortie #94 - India Orbit
• Corrected erroneous time references on sortie 93

22 Jun 1998

• Posted sortie #93 - Nickel 102/Sandy 07 SAR- Day 2
• Added news clippings to the Nickel 102/Sandy 07 SAR page
• Added time references from the SAR command post logs to the Nail 31 (19 Mar 72), and Bowleg 02 (12 May 1972) SARs

21 Jun 1998

• Posted sortie #92 - Nickel 102/Sandy 07 SAR- Day 1
• Added glossary entries
• Added a page with Misreps on the Nickel 102/Sandy 07 SAR

17 Jun 1998

• Posted sortie #91

16 Jun 1998

• Added High Flight image
• Posted sortie #90

14 Jun 1998

• Posted sortie #89
• Resized the images for sorties 86-87
• Added a map for the Blueghost 10 SAR - 12 Jun 72

12 Jun 1998

• Posted sorties #87-88
• Amended the glossary page with one new entries
• Completely revised navigation between chapters in the sortie Section

10 Jun 1998

• Started Chapter 7 to the A-1 Combat Journal
• Amended the glossary page with two new entries
• Posted sorties #85-86 and added three images to those pages
• Added Air War - Vietnam to the Skyraider References and links page.

8 Jun 1998

• Changed the lead image on the Table of Contents page

5 Jun 1998

• Added several new references to the Skyraider References and Links page

3 Jun 1998

• Installed a search feature on the index page that searches for terms on both Skyraider sites

1 Jun 1998

• Posted sortie #84 - Steel Tiger strike

25 May 1998

• Posted sorties #82-83 - Return to NKP.
• Added three Stars and Stripes news clips to Chapter 2 (accessed from 20 Dec and 9 Jan sorties)

23 May 1998

• Posted sortie #81 - Sandy Orbit strike

22 May 1998

• Posted sortie #80 - Sandy Orbit

21 May 1998

• Posted sortie #79 - Deploy to Bien Hoa
• added a glossary entry
• Added more sortie information to the current chapter on the Table of Contents page

20 May 1998

• Posted sortie #78 - SAR for Bowleg 02
• Added extra page for Bowleg 02 SAR

17 May 1998 - Happy Syttende Mai

• Posted sorties #76-77
• Added several items to the glossary page

14 May 1998

• Posted sortie #75
• Corrected the journal entry for sortie #63 (20 Apr 72, Chapter 4) I gave wrong orbit point location

13 May 1998

• Posted sorties #73-74
• Added entries to the glossary page (accessed from within the journal)
• Added an entry into the Tech Order Tid Bits page
• Linked my Icebag 01B SAR page to the Icebag 01B SAR tape on the A-1 Skyraider Association site

8 May 1998

• Posted sortie #72
• Added introductions to Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the A-1 Combat Journal
• Added sortie information for each chapter on the Table of Contents page

6 May 1998

• Posted sortie #71

4 May 1998

• Posted sortie #70

1 May 1998

• Added the eyewitness account of Capt Buck Buchanan for the Nail 31 SAR.
• Added tail number references to the Nail 31 SAR writeup in Chapter 4 (19 Mar 72)

30 April 1998

• Changed title image
• Updated the Glossary page
• Added images to sorties 68 and 69
• Posted sorties #67-69

24 April 1998

• Added the calendars for May and June's combat sorties to the Combat Journal
• Updated the Glossary page
• Added a link from the Nail 31 SAR page (Chapter 4, 18-19 Mar) to the Nail 31 SAR patch worn by Sandys who flew on the Nail 31 SAR
• Fixed a bad link on the Video Clips page for downloading MPEG viewer software for Windows 95 users
• Posted sorties #65-66
• Updated the Barrel Roll map

21 April 1998

• Added a map of the Fish's Mouth to the A-1 Combat Journal - 20 Apr sortie
• Posted sorties #63-#64
• Updated the Barrel Roll map

17 April 1998

• Started Chapter 5 in The A-1 Combat Journal
• Posted sortie #62
• Updated the Barrel Roll map

4 April 1998

• Added Stars and Stripes news story for Nail 31 SAR - 19 Mar 72

2 April 1998

• Added photos to the Nail 31 SAR sortie of 19 Mar

30 March 1998

• Posted sorties 54-61 in Chapter 4 of the Combat Journal
• Added supporting page for the Nail 31 SAR
• Updated the Table of Contents
• Added entries to the glossary

14 March 1998

• Ammended this page
• Added sortie #52
• Added sortie #53
• Updated PDJ and Southern Laos maps

7 March 1998

• Ammended this page
• Added sortie #51
• Linked journal frameset for Chapter 4

5 March 1998

• Added this page
• Added journal frameset for Chapter 4

4 March 1998

• Posted sortie #50
• Added Engine Power Check to 'TO TidBits'
• Amended the 1st SOS Official Photos page

2 March 1998

• Added the 4407th Official Photos Section
• New group photo of the 22nd SOS 'Zorros' from Jan 1970 in the 'Image Collection' section

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