12TFW Photo Album


1965 Photos from Bill McWilliams and Pete Lappin


Bill McWilliams and Pete Lappin, F-4C Tail # 40719, 557 TFS, Cam Ranh Bay, RVN, Nov-Dec 1965



Flight of four pulling out of the arming area, en route to strike a target. Dec 65



Number 2 in the early morning sun, "tactical spread" formation, en route to a target from Cam Ranh Bay, RVN. Dec 65



Left to right, Dean Cooke, Dan Bridges, and Pete Lappin returning from a mission. Dec 65



Bill McWilliams and Dick Berdan. Dec 65



Bob Kitchen



Raising the 557th TFS flag at the Bob Hope Show, 26 Dec 65



Pete Lappin and Bernie Coogan in front of a VNAF A-1 at Bien Hoa Air Base, near Saigon



557th crew members on alert, in the days prior to alert trailers put in place near the arming area



Chaplain Hofstad and McWilliams in front of the chapel



12th TFW and 557th TFS Red Caps waiting for the Bob Hope show to begin, 26 December 1965.