Hình Ảnh Không Quân QLVNCH (1956 - 1975)

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Class 64-D consisted of twenty (20) Vietnamese Students and two (2) Bolivian Students. Seven of the Vietnamese pilots were killed during the Vietnam War. Lt. Scott is the Liaison Officer. The Flight Commander was Capt. Dial.

Seated (Left to Right): 1/Lt. Name Unknown, Bolivia; A/C Dat T. Le, Vietnam; A/C Tai A. Vo, Vietnam (KIA); A/C Thang V. Le, Vietnam; A/C Khoi M. Tran, Vietnam; A/C Huong H. Ta, Vietnam; A/C Son V. B, Vietnam; A/C Hien T. Nguyen, Vietnam; A/C An Q. Lai, Vietnam; 1/Lt. Mendoza, Bolivia

Standing (Left to Right): A/C Chau V. Nguyen, Vietnam (KIA); A/C Thoat T. Nguyen, Vietnam (KIA); A/C Hai G. Dao, Vietnam (KIA); A/C Bich D. Phan, Vietnam; A/C Danh C. Huynh, Vietnam; A/C Son Nguyen, Vietnam (KIA); 1/Lt. Scott, Training Officer - USAF; 1/Lt. Hung V. Mai, Vietnam (KIA); A/C Minh Bao, Vietnam (KIA); A/C Lan V. Tran, Vietnam; A/C Tinh H. Phan, Vietnam; A/C Thuyen D. Nguyen, Vietnam; A/C Vinh Q. Nguyen

PHOTO OF 1st SOLO - Courtesy of An Lai

The photograph of An Lai was taken immediately after he completed his first solo flight. He had 18 flight hours of instruction with Capt. Smith, the Assistant Flight Commander. He graduated with Class 64-D and is pictured in the class photograph in the front row, second from the right.
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CLASS 65-E PHOTOGRAPH - Courtesy Lt. Col (Retired) H. L. Smith

CLASS HISTORY

(Written comments from the students of 65-E)

Class 65-E, representing the friendship between South America, Africa and Asia, is one class. From seven countries on the world: Nicaragua, Paraguay, Bolivia, Morocco, Libya, Mali and Vietnam. We came to the United States to attend the Undergraduate Pilot Training, T-28.

The same like the other classes, after finishing the language training at Lackland we came to Randolph for flight training on April 23, 1964.

After the first weeks of academics we made our first contact with the T-28. I thought I would never make it. All these instruments and commands to be controlled by one man!

When my instructor does the maneuvers they seem so easy to me, but when I tried to do them the airplane didn’t cooperate. We keep doing the same thing each day until the airplane began to cooperate (or if I can say, until I began to cooperate).

Some of us got airsick, others felt they would never make their dreams come true. It was difficult, really! Then a first solo came to us. “He made it!” We began to “feel” the aircraft a little bit, it didn’t make us angry with ourselves as before, and we don’t feel flying was “punishment”.

The time passed slowly and we finished phase after phase: Navigation, Formation, Instruments and Contact.

Today is graduation day--the important day because we receive the silver wings and become a rated pilot. From now on, with the knowledge about flying, we can help our countries to maintain the freedom. And from now on we promise we’ll maintain the friendship between everybody in this class, and especially the relationship with all our instructors.

GRADUATES OF CLASS 65-E

2/Lt. Eduardo Adet - Bolivia

1/Lt. Victor Basualdo - Paraguay

1/Lt. Eduardo Chamorro - Paraguay

2/Lt. Mamadou Coulibaly - Mali

1/Lt. Saleh Ferjany - Libya

1/Lt. Eduardo Gilardoni - Paraguay

1/Lt. Luis Goiburu - Paraguay

2/Lt. Rogelio Maldonado - Bolivia

2/Lt. Nguyen Van Phu - Vietnam

2/Lt. Vu Viet Quy - Vietnam

2/Lt. Bousselham Rharbi - Morocco

2/Lt. Lahbib Rissafi - Morocco

1/Lt. Rodolfo Rosel - Bolivia

2/Lt. Hong Khac San - Vietnam

1/Lt. Miguel Segovia - Paraguay

2/Lt. Mac Dina Tan - Vietnam

2/Lt. Trinh Huu Tri - Vietnam

2/Lt. Fernando Vargas - Nicaragua


(PROGRAM INFORMATION - History & Graduates: Courtesy of Vandy Powell)



~ STUDENT LIFE IN TRAINING & AFTER ~
Upper Left: 1/Lt. Luis Goiburu (Paraguay), Don Schmenk & 2/Lt. Mamadou Coulibaly (Mali) relax during a visit to the Schmenk home.
Upper Right: Mamadou Coulibaly in later life as commander of the Republic of West Africa Air Force.

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