09-01-2013, 11:32 AM
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Lifer
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Originally Posted by postino
Heh...One of the former commanders of my USAFR squadron was a C-130 pilot at the end of the war...He was ordered to turn his aircraft over to the ARVN and evac to CONUS...The only documentation he had available for the transfer was an AF Form 1297 'Temporary Issue Receipt'...He had an ARVN officer sign for the C-130 and left...The 1297 was framed in his office while he was our commander... 
I signed out a USAF Winter parka on a 1297...  |
Those were the days..... 
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