Air Mobile

Notwithstanding all the flying that Delta Troop did, pictures of the troop in an insertion mode a quite rare. Bry McClellan managed to catch two pictures of Delta Troopers in the act with Annie Fannie birds from the 117th AHC:





The Annie Fannie bird arrives at the LZ.
From the Bry McClellan Collection





Bry McClellan (left) and Leroy Gavigan (middle) on their way.
From the Bry McClellan Collection




Sterling Withers caught a great series of three photos of a 2nd platoon squad leaving on an insertion from a camp Delta Troop established half way up the mountain called Nui Chua Chan, near Xuan Loc:





2nd Platoon Squad waiting for chopper to fly an insertion in the Xuan Loc area.
The rear deck and spare tire of a gun jeep are in the foreground.
Location: East face of Nui Chua Chan. Date: January 1971
From the Sterling Withers Collection





The birds flair to land at the D Troop LZ on Nui Chua Chan;
Blue Tigers prepare to climb on-board
From the Sterling Withers Collection





The lift helicopter departs over the edge of a precipice on the mountain,
with Blue Tigers seated in the helicopter doorway. A gun jeep is visible in
the foreground and the valley floor in the background.
From the Sterling Withers Collection




Three other photos show Blue Tigers leaving on Eagle Flights:





D Troopers leaving Fire Base Judy on an Eagle Flight in a CH-47 Chinook in May 1971
From the Jerry Smith Collection





D Troop prepares to fly an insertion, while working for 9th Division in August 1970
From the Sterling Withers Collection





D Troopers catch a ride
From the Sterling Withers Collection






Combat Infantryman's Badge


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