The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Pages from the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing's 1971 "DaNang Inflight Aid" and related F-4 Phantom II flight manuals gather the strafe settings, bombsight corrections, ordnance carriage limits, fuel planning tables, and emergency divert airfields that aircrews carried into the cockpit. Rarely seen alongside combat photography, this paperwork reveals the exacting technical discipline behind every mission flown from Da Nang Air Base during the Vietnam War.
Cover, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing 'DaNang Inflight Aid' Pilot's Pocket Reference Manual, Vietnam War Era
'List of Changes' Administrative Record Page, Dated 15 September 1971 (Da Nang F-4 Collection)
Table of Contents, 366 TFW 'DaNang Inflight Aid' Manual (15 Jul 71)
F-4 Phantom Pilot's Aid Manual, Table of Contents Page ii, Delivery Tables and Section 4, Dated 15 Jul 71
Exterior Inspection Checklist, 366 TFW F-4 Phantom 'DaNang Inflight Aid' Manual (15 Jul 71)
Exterior Inspection Checklist (continued), 366 TFW F-4 Phantom Manual (15 Jul 71)
SEA TACAN Stations Navigation Reference, 366 TFW F-4 Phantom Manual (15 Jul 71)
Gunfighter UHF Channelization Reference Card, Danang Air Base, Vietnam, 15 July 1971
Tactical Radar Control Agencies Reference Sheet, South Vietnam and Thailand, 15 July 1971
NVN/PCA Boundary and Out-Country Control Agencies Reference, 366 TFW F-4 Phantom Manual (15 Jun 71)
Tactical Departures Procedure Chart, Flight Operations Manual, 15 July 1971
Typed Reference Page, 'Emergency Airfields,' Vietnam War Aircrew Flight Manual, Dated 15 July 1971
Divert Airfields Reference Table, 366 TFW F-4 Phantom Manual (15 Jul 71)
F-4E RTB Fuel Summary Table, 366 TFW Manual, Change 1 (15 Sep 71)
F-4 Phantom II Flight Manual Page: 'Notes for RTB Summary,' Change 1, 15 September 1971
USAF Aircrew Reference Sheet: Air-to-Air Refueling Tanker Offset and KC-135 Pilot Director Lights, dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Emergency Air Refueling Procedures Page, Change 1, dated 15 Sep 71
Air Refueling Visual Signals Reference Page, USAF Aircrew Manual, 15 July 1971
USAF Pilot-to-Crew-Chief Ground Signal Reference Page, dated 15 Jul 71
"Pilot to Crew Chief" Hand Signal Reference Page, F-4 Phantom Ground Operations Manual, 15 July 1971
USAF Day Visual Signals Reference Page (In-Flight, Radio-Out Procedures), dated 15 Jul 71
Aircrew Emergency and Night Visual Signals Manual Page, 15 July 1971
USAF Lost Wingman Procedures Reference Page, dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Radio Out (NORDO) Delivery Signals Reference Page, dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Radio Out Procedures Reference Page (Combat Mission Lost-Comm Contingencies), dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Radio Out Procedures Reference Page (continued) and Responsibilities to Radio Out Aircraft, dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Responsibilities of Radio Out Aircraft Reference Page, dated 15 Jul 71
F-4 Phantom Aircrew Search and Rescue (SAR) Procedures Page, Da Nang, 1971
USAF Tactical Approaches Diagram for Da Nang Air Base (DAG), dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Landing at Non-USAF Control Airfields Reference Page, Change 2, dated 1 Oct 71
USAF Weapons Delivery Data Reference Page (Bombsight Settings and Corrections), dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Minimum Release Altitudes Table for Napalm, MK-82, MK-84, CBU-46, and Rockets, dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Minimum Safe Distances Table for Air-to-Ground Munitions (Close Air Support Weapons Effects), dated 15 Jul 71
USAF Delivery Restrictions Reference Page (Low/High Drag Bombs and Napalm), dated 15 Jul 71
F-4 Phantom II Weapons Employment Manual Page, Ordnance Procedures, 15 July 1971
F-4 Phantom II Stores Carriage and Jettison Limits Chart, Technical Order Page 3-6 (dated 15 Jul 71)
USAF Bomb Carriage, Jettison, and Release Limits Table, dated 15 Jul 71
F-4 Phantom II Ordnance Carriage and Release Limits Chart, Page 3-8, dated 15 Jul 1971
F-4 Phantom II Ordnance Carriage and Release Limits Chart, Page 3-9, dated 15 Jul 1971
F-4 Phantom II Ordnance Carriage and Release Limits Chart, Page 3-10, dated 15 Jul 1971
F-4 Phantom II Jettison Areas and Dive Recovery/Altimeter Lag Chart, Page 3-11, Change 1, dated 15 Sep 1971
F-4 Phantom II Ripple Bomb Release Data Chart, Page 3-12, Change 1, dated 15 Sep 1971
F-4 Phantom II Ripple Bomb Release Data Chart (500 KCAS), Page 3-13, dated 15 Jul 1971
"Strafe Settings" Reference Page, F-4 Phantom Weapons Delivery Checklist – Da Nang, Vietnam Era
F-4 Phantom II Dive Bomb Delivery Chart (450 KCAS, MK-82/117 and MK-84), Page 3-15, dated 15 Jul 1971
F-4 Phantom II Dive Bomb Delivery Data Card, 15 July 1971
F-4 Phantom II Dive Bomb Delivery Footnotes Page, Page 3-17, dated 15 Jul 1971
