Album 8 - 145 Signal Squadron

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Heliport at Tan Son Nhat, Saigon
8-1.  Part of the Heliport at Tan Son Nhat, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
C-141 Starlifter
8-2.  Lockheed C-141 Starlifter at Tan Son Nhat, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Street in Saigon
8-3.   Street in Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Front of Myerkord Hotel, Saigon
8-4.   Front of Myerkord Hotel, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966] 
Lockeed EC-121 Warning Star
8-5.   Lockeed EC-121 Warning Star.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]

Note:  A military version of the Lockheed Constellation, it was designed to serve as an airborne early warning system to supplement the Distant Early Warning Line, using two large radomes, a vertical dome above and a horizontal one below the fuselage. EC-121s were also used for intelligence gathering (SIGINT).
EC-121 and DC4 at Tan Son Nhat
8-6.   EC-121 and DC4 Aircraft at Tan Son Nhat, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Bicycle traffic, Saigon
8-7.  Bicycle traffic, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Australian Caribou with other aircraft
8-8.   Australian Caribou with other aircraft at Tan Son Nhat, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
145 Sig Sqn Huts
8-9.   145 Sig Sqn Huts with the Pantech repair vehicle on the right.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Traffic policeman downtown Saigon
8-10.    Traffic policeman downtown Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Tx Hut AUSTCAN Terminal Phu Tho, Saigon
8-11.  Tx Hut AUSTCAN Terminal Phu Tho, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Australian International Mk4 Truck
8-12.   Australian International Mk4 Truck (2.5 Tons).  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Military Compound
8-13.  Military Compound, Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Vietnamese street in Saigon
8-14.   Vietnamese street in Saigon.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Loading a RAAF Carbou
8-15.   Loading a RAAF Carbou. Note the Bhuddist monk with the gless on the right.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
View from the window of the Nham Vi
8-16.   View from the window of the Nham Vi.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Vung Tau Airfield
8-17.   Vung Tau Airfield.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Brian Stevens and Joe Vikane, Vung Tau
8-18.    Brian Stevens and Joe Vikane, Vung Tau.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
Setting up the 1ALSG camp at Back Beach, Vung Tau
8-19.  
Setting up the 1ALSG camp at Back Beach, Vung Tau.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1966]
1ALSG at Back Beach, Vung Tau 24 Mar 1967
8-20. 
 1ALSG at Back Beach, Vung Tau 24 Mar 1967.  Photo supplied by Robert Dening [1967]

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