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In reply to the discussion: Bo Zarts in Vietnam (ca. 1970) [View all]

Irish_Dem

(76,861 posts)
21. Oh I thought it might be a damn Huey.
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 09:05 AM
Saturday

The mortality rate was so high.

Maybe you can answer a question for me.
Send me a pm if it is secret squirrel stuff.

My Dad was career USAF and we were stationed overseas during the VN war.
One of our neighbors was a young captain and he and his wife had two
young children, I used to babysit for them all the time.

This captain was in a reconnaissance squadron.

I don't know what kind of aircraft he flew.
But I would ask him what he was going to do when he left for TDY and he aways
told me he was dropping weather balloons on a nearby island.

I knew it did not take a week to two weeks to drop weather balloons so close to home, I always
wondered what he was doing.

I have recently learned that a stop secret project during the VN war was the use of drones.
Could he have been dropping drones?

Did you know anything about this project?

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Thank you for your service sir! Grumpy Old Guy Friday #1
What are you flying there Bo? Irish_Dem Friday #2
Army RU-8D Bo Zarts Friday #9
I just googled and found an interesting write up on the RU-8D. ShazzieB Saturday #19
Beat me to it orangecrush Saturday #25
Thanks! What memories. Bo Zarts Saturday #27
Oh I thought it might be a damn Huey. Irish_Dem Saturday #21
So glad you made it back home, Bo Zarts. democrank Friday #3
I'd know that grin anywhere! CaliforniaPeggy Friday #4
Still grinnin' after all these years! Bo Zarts Friday #8
That you are! CaliforniaPeggy Friday #11
This wasn't you with the camera? usonian Friday #5
Private Joker! Bo Zarts Friday #7
I see a bit of Jack Nicholson deviltry... yorkster Friday #6
Jack could have learned from me .. Bo Zarts Friday #10
dashing! nilram Friday #12
so cool! Skittles Friday #13
Very cool. Ellipsis Friday #14
Neat portrait Bo. Glad you are grinning still! George McGovern Friday #15
Glad you made it home safely to keep those wonderful photos coming. surfered Friday #16
"" AllaN01Bear Friday #17
VERY handsome! calimary Friday #18
Glad you made it back brother HAB911 Saturday #20
Nice photo Sanity Claws Saturday #22
Sierra Hotel orangecrush Saturday #23
"If you could see the pilot smile, and he waved out of the window, then it had to be those crazy 'spooks' from the 138th orangecrush Saturday #24
Ty for your service! SheltieLover Saturday #26
great action portrait there, Bo Zarts peacebuzzard Saturday #28
My dearest Bo Zarts ... we're probably around the same age FakeNoose Saturday #29
When I got out of the Army, I immediately joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) Bo Zarts Sunday #30
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