Korean War Project

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154th FB Sqdn to 310th

On Mon, 25 May 1998 
Updated: 26 Apr 2000
Dave Brazelton Email address wrote:

K-2, Taegu.  I was maintenance officer of the only remaining unit
with F-84D aircraft.  Later, we received F-84E models and finally the F
84G.

Almost immediately after I arrived in the theater, the 136th Wing, which
was an ANG wing was sent home (all their folks had already gone) and the
58th Wing was commissioned.  Those of us in the wing at the time 
remained as members of the new organization. The 154th squadron became 
the 310th FB Sqdn.

Our companion squadrons were the 311th and the 69th.  The 310th was the
squadron into which the remaining F-84D aircraft were concentrated. They
were a study in contrasts.  They had the J-35-29 engine which gave them
the power of the later -G models and were lighter than the E's possessed
by the other squadrons. Although they flew the pants off of the others,
the -D was a bear to maintain.  The wiring was junk: As much as 8 stray
volts to the armament systems created a real desire to move rocket 
pigtail hookup to the end of the runway instead of on the ramp.  

You have to realize the aircraft in the 58th wing were parked so those
rockets were directed in the general direction of the Officer's Club.