Two days ago I found out a cousin's husband was stationed at an Air Force detachment on Mindanao. He didn't say much about what they did there. Wonder if it's the same place.
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Very likely. To my knowledge the US military did not have any other presence on Mindanao - at least during the 1968 - 1975 time frame.
Now, CIA agents operated on Mindanao while I was there - they were helping the Marcos regime fight against "Filipino communists" (in fact many of these were actually Muslim separatists - precursors to the Al Queda strain that populates many places in SEA). Occasionally a CIA agent would use our detachment's encrypted communications system to message their stateside handlers.
Find out more about your cousin's Mindanao activity - where and when. Might be interesting. Tell him I was in the 1035th Tech Ops Squadron (aka 1035th Field Activity Group), Detachment 423, in Bukidnon Province - about 100k northeast of Cagayan de Oro. [Not too far from a Del Monte pineapple plantation.] I was there during 1970-71. Fuss at him if he won't talk...our mission (which was classified top secret at the time) has for the last 20+ years been declassified.
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The last two MARS flying boats that have had a long fire fighting career are headed to a museum. Good to see these rare birds are being preserved.
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Coulson Aviation’s Philippine Mars waterbomber acquired by Pima Air And Space Museum - Skies Mag
The Philippine Mars is one of only a handful of Martin JRM Mars flying boats ever produced.
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Several years ago I saw one at the Oshkosh airshow. It is a size large airplane for sure.The last two MARS flying boats that have had a long fire fighting career are headed to a museum. Good to see these rare birds are being preserved.
Coulson Aviation’s Philippine Mars waterbomber acquired by Pima Air And Space Museum - Skies Mag
The Philippine Mars is one of only a handful of Martin JRM Mars flying boats ever produced.
It demonstrated a water dump on the runway. They are not only size large they can carry a bunch of water.
It's last flight
Historic B.C. Martin Mars water bomber will fly one last time
Hawaii Mars will have a new home at the British Columbia Aviation Museum
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Motors are finicky things. One site i was posted at, i would hear (even from inside the gatehouse) one of the local-based dc3 casually come in from the north, as usual, . One night he came in rather hot, ahead of a storm. I heard they lost a motor on the next flight, and now, 30 years on, cannot recall observing the old bird again.
