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Photos at VW-1's Home Base, NAS Agana, Guam page 2
Photo's and descriptions by Steve Birdman '58-'60 TE-4.. Unless noted otherwise
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- July '59 This is me (Steve Birdman) in front of TE-4. I'm on the right. Unfortunately I don't remember the
name of my crew-mate in this picture.
TE-4 Buno 145926 on VW-1 ramp at NAS Agana
TE-7 Buno 143227 on VW-1 ramp at NAS Agana. Radar tech Robert Jensen is in the foreground.
Dec. '58 Picture of Steve Birdman at the VW-1 barracks facility at NAS Agana.
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- VW-1 flightline.
Most Jr. enlisted will remember spending nights walking up and down the VW-1 flight-line as the "Line Watch".
Most were really happy when they became "Petty Officer of the Watch" and didn't have to be pounding the
tarmac.
New hanger on NAS Agana Guam 1958. As viewed from the barracks area. Photo on the left shows hanger still under
construction, photo on the right shows the hanger virtually completed. Photo's courtesy of Alan Hochstein '57 -
'58
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- Admiral approaches new hanger on NAS Agana Guam. Photo's courtesy of Alan Hochstein '57 - '58
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- A 1959 VW-1 inspection and parade. Photo's courtesy of Alan Hochstein '57 - '58
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- Photo on left: VW-1 Flight line. Photo courtesy of Alan Hochstein '57 - '58.
Photo 2nd from left: TE-3 taxies on VW-1 flight line. Photo courtesy of Robert Fleming AE-2 57-58 TE-2
Photo 3rd. from left: VW-1 Flight line. Photo courtesy of Robert Fleming AE-2 57-58 TE-2
Photo 4th. from left: VW-1 Flight line. Photo courtesy of David Fisk ATN3 VW-1 56-58 TE-7
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- Aerial views of NAS Agana Guam from about 10,00 feet altitude and WV-2 approaching south end of runway.
Photo's courtesy of Alan Hochstein '57 - '58.
The picture on the right is either taken from a satellite or high altitude aircraft. Photo courtesy of Tom Hull
AMS-2 64-66 TE-3
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- These are various photos of VW-1 aircraft on training flights or doing touch and go flights at NAS
Agana.
Photos courtesy of David Fisk ATN3 VW-1 56-58 TE-7
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- These are various photos of VW-1 aircraft on training flights or doing touch and go flights at NAS
Agana.
Photos courtesy of David Fisk ATN3 VW-1 56-58 TE-7
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- This is a photo of VW-3's PM-9 BuNo 145932. After VW-3 was decommissioned in 1960 this aircraft was
transferred to VW-1 and assigned the tail code and number TE-4. Photo courtesy of Alan Hochstein '57 -
'58.
Typhoon Mary as seen on EC-121 camera scope. The 50 nautical mile range markers (rings) show that the aircraft
is approximately 100 miles SSE of the eye, the aircraft is heading about 225 deg (bright flash) from North (top
of scope). VW-1 reported surface winds of 90kts during this fix. About 36 hours after this photo was taken
typhoon Mary passed over the northern portion of Taiwan, one day later it dissipated as it crossed the Chinese
main land.
Photo courtesy of Tom Hull AMS-2 64-66 TE-3.
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