1968
1 January. The 6214th
Support Group was redesignated Hq 6214th Air Base Group per PACAF SO
G-217, 28 November 1967.
1 January. The 6213th
Support Squadron was redesignated the 6213th Air Base Squadron per
PACAF SO G-217, 28 November 1967.
4 January. 6217th
Combat Support Group Food Service Activity was presented the PACAF Outstanding
Food Service Award for 1967.
5 January. The buoy
at CCK AB
area was declared Operational after being out of service since 22 October 1967.
18 January. A Host
Tenant Support Agreement was signed between 6987th Security Group
and 6213th Air Base Squadron.
22 January. The 6214th
Munitions Maintenance Squadron received an Outstanding Performance rating in the
munitions area for 1967 from CINCPAC.
24 January. The
floating hose to the buoy at CCK was broken six inches from the camlock. (Editor: Camlocks are used to rapidly connect and
disconnect hose.
26 January. The
6214th Air Base Group shipped its EAGLE package to Korea.
31 January. A
permanent Post Office building was opened at CCK AB.
2 February. The
4220th Air Refueling Squadron, Strategic Air Command (SAC) was
activated at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base per SAC SO G-14, 23 January 1968.
5 February. 327th
Air Division, Programmed Actions Directive 68-1 was developed and
approved. This directive governed the
phase-down and closure of Chiayi Air Base.
5 February. GLASS
KEY procedures in the AOC were approved by CAF.
15 February. The
CCK RAPCON was approved by joint USAF/CAF/CCAA agreement to operate in a test
status. It began operation on 29
February 1968.
18 February.
The Mobile RAPCON AN/MPN-14 at CCK
AB was commissioned on 30 October
1967 and began operating as an approach control system this date. 6 hours later, it became a fixed GCA
operation due to land-line difficulties with off base agencies.
23 February. The
SS JASMEONA discharged 166,674 barrels of its cargo in marginal weather
conditions. This caused the mooring
lines to part and subsequently caused extensive damage to the floating hose,
hose lifting gear and buoy mooring collar.
The buoy was inoperative again.
26 February –
21 March. A special CINCPAC Team arrived in Taipei to assist in
repairing the CCK AB buoy and establishing operational and maintenance
capabilities for sustained operation.
The team, accompanied by a 327th Air Division representative
proceeded to CCK AB and immediately went into operation. These operations included (a) repair the
buoy, (b) establish tanker mooring procedures, (c) establish most suitable boat
launch requirements, (d) determine most feasible alternate emergency resupply
method and (e) establish best organizational structure. The team remained in 21 March 1968.
28 February. An Operation Commando Wallop meeting was held at CCK AB.
1 March. The
6217th Combat Support Group Safety Office at CCK AB was
presented the Thirteenth Air Force Semi-Annual Safety Plaque for outstanding
flight, explosive and ground accident prevention during the last half of 1967.
6 March. CINCPACAF
conducted the first emergency evacuation exercise at 6214th Munitions
Maintenance Squadron, Tainan
AB and rated the unit
outstanding.
9 March. The
6217th Combat Support Group, CCK
AB was notified it had won the
Thirteenth Air Force Semi-Annual Support Unit Safety Plaque.
11 March. A
new hose was connected to the CCK buoy and the tanker MS NORSKE BARDE
discharged her cargo of 71,899 barrels.
During this operation USAF personnel were trained in Seamanship by US
Navy personnel assigned to the CINCPAC team.
Maintenance personnel helped located the deficiencies at the booster
station.
17 March. SS
EAGLE TRAVELER was moored to the CCK buoy and discharged 138,912 barrels of
fuel. This operation was performed with
members of the CINCPAC team advising on new established operating procedures. The JP-4 fuel complex at CCK AB was
full for the first time.
25 March. The
CINCPAC Assistance Team for the CCK Buoy departed CCK
AB and Taiwan.
28 March. 327th
Air Division POL personnel attended a meeting held at CAF Headquarters to
discuss the use of the CAF pipeline system for JP-4 support at CCK AB.
1 – 15 April. 327th
Air Division participated in Exercise FORMER CHAMP.
1 April. 327th
Air Division Civil Engineering took over the function of the USAF Regional
Civil Engineer, (AFRCE/Taiwan) Taipei,
Taiwan.
1 April. The
Accounting and Finance function which had been assigned to the 6213th
Air Base Squadron was transferred to Comptroller, 327th Air
Division.
2 April. The
Chinese Air Force (CAF) and USAF signed an agreement which authorized C-130
training privileges on Taiwan
for an indefinite period of time.
15 April. Detachment
2, 6214th Munitions Maintenance Squadron, Chiayi Air Base was
discontinued.
16 April. AOC,
327th Air Division participated in Exercise LARK.
21 April – 2
May. Navy VP Detachment (TU 72.2.2) was activated
at Tainan Air Base.
26 April. The
6217th Combat Support Group Base Procurement Office, CCK AB,
was selected as a Thirteenth Air Force representative for PACAF Best
Procurement Office, Fiscal Year 1968.
2 May. A
conference was held at Taipei Air Station to ascertain the time remaining
before the CCK Laundry could take inputs.
3 May. Major
General CHOW Shih-lin, Republic of China Air Force, accepted the mobile control
tower rebuild by Chinese and American volunteers at CCK AB.
25 May. A
70-man dormitory costing US $44,400 was completed at Tainan Air Base.
31 May. A
Clothing Sale Store costing US $16,000 was completed at Tainan Air Base.
12 June. A
PACAF Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) team conducted a Readiness Inspection
of the 6214th Air Base Group Security Police at Tainan Air Base and
rated it outstanding.
13 June. A
PACAF capability team conducted a disaster preparedness exercise at the 6214th
Air Base Group, Tainan Air Base, and rated the unit satisfactory.
14 June. A
conference was held by all units to learn procedures in use of the CCK Laundry.
15 June. A
PACAF team conducted a capability inspection of the 6214th Munitions
Maintenance Squadron, Tainan Air Base, and rated the unit satisfactory.
24 June. A
POL conference was held at Tainan Air Base to discuss and establish procedures
for issuing and accounting for aviation fuel to industrial contract agencies at
Air America.
28 June. 6214th
Air Base Group received a HARVEST
EAGLE kit.
July. There
were 4,732 US Air Force personnel assigned to units on Taiwan.
July. A
2,000 line auto dial telephone exchange was installed at CCK AB.
1 July. PRIME
69 was functional at CCK AB.
Conversion had begun on 29 June and was completed this date. (Editor: probably
something to do with computer upgrade)
1 July. The
6217th Combat Support Group Deputy Commander for Materiel, CCK AB,
was redesignated Deputy Commander for POL and Terminal Operations.
8 July. Detachment
53, 1st Weather Wing at Taipei
AS was redesignated as Operating
Location (OL) 4, 1st Weather Wing per Military Airlift Command (MAC)
SO G-109, 29 May 1968.
8 – 13 July. Thirteenth
Air Force Inspector General (IG) Team inspected the 327th Air
Division and 6213th Air Base Squadron.
14 July. One
cocooned H-19 Helicopter and associated equipment arrived at CCK AB for
duty.
15 July. The
6215th Support Squadron, Chiayi Air Base, was discontinued per Hq
PACAF SO G-62, 15 March 1968. The unit
existed for a period of three years and eight days. It was a unit of the 6214th Air
Base Group, Tainan AB.
Upon its discontinuance, the 327th Air Division maintained a
storage area at this Chinese Air Base under the supervision of the 6214th
Air Base Group.
15 July. Taipei
Air Operations Center (AOC) assumed full control jurisdiction of Airway RED 71.
(Editor: Concerns aircraft flight altitude
coordination, etc.)
15 July. A
Water Port Liaison Officer, Operating Location AC (OLAC) was established at
Pier 10, Kaohsiung. This US Air Force representative was required
to monitor, expedite, observe, render reports and handle cargo at the
port. Thirteenth Air Force furnished
personnel from their resources.
20 July. Thirteenth
Air Force established and directed the 327th Air Division to operate
an Airlift Clearance Authority, Operating Location AA (OLAA) at the CCK Air
Base Air Freight Terminal. The mission
was to monitor all US Air Force cargo moving into the airlift system and act as
a contact point for all services and the airlift system.
22 July. A
civilian classification survey was conducted at CCK AB. This was the first one that had been
accomplished at this base.
23 July. 327th
Air Division AOC participated in Exercise LARK.
30 July. A
typhoon that passed near Tainan Air Base caused damage of a few fallen trees.
1 August. The
Taipei Air Station MARS station was moved from the transmitter site to building
P-8, Taipei Air Station.
1 August. The
USAF Postal and Courier Service opened the Aerial Mail Terminal at CCK AB.
6 August. Sixteen
Chinese Nationalist employees were honored for ten years’ service with American
forces at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base.
14 August. The
CAF and USAF signed a Joint Agreement on technical facilities and modification
of facilities use in the Operation of the Control Tower at CCK AB.
17 August. Hong
Kong Influenza, a strain of the 1967 Asian Flu invaded Tainan Air Base. There were 76 reported cases.
20 August. Air
Traffic Controllers at Operating Location AC, O Laun Pi began limited daylight
operations (0730-1700 hours.)
20 August. 327th
Air Division AOC participated in Exercise LARK.
21 August. Colonel
William R. Grady assumed command of the 6214th Air Base Group at
Tainan Air Base.
24 August. 327th
Air Division participated in Exercise BLUE SKY.
1 September. The
Supply Function of Tainan AB began operating as Detachment 1, 6217th
Supply Squadron, CCK AB.
This unit had delayed in organization as it originally was to commence
operation on 15 July 1967 per Hq PACAF SO G-95, 2 June 1967.
17 September. 327th
Air Division AOC participated in Exercise LARK.
17 September. A
newly constructed Post Office at Tainan Air Base was opened.
21 September. A
new buoy was accepted at CCK
AB. The old buoy was towed to Keelung where it was to be dry-docked for
overhauling.
24 September.
The new buoy and undersea hoses were tested at the CCK AB Buoy area with
the off-loading of the tanker ULLA.
25 September.
An agreement was made between CCK
AB and Taichung Municipal Police
Headquarters to render aid to each other in case of fire in designated areas.
25 September.
327th Air Division participated in Exercise BLUE SKY.
28 September.
Typhoon ELAINE dumped approximately 19 inches of rain on the Taipei area. Over eight inches fell from 4:00 PM to 12:00
PM, 30 September 1968, (approximately one inch each hour.) Tainan had
seven inches and CCK AB had two inches of rain during this
period.
1 October. The
USAF/CAF pipeline interconnect was tested with approximately 100,000 gallons of
JP-4 fuel. The fuel was pumped from Kaohsiung through nine pump stations to the USAF POL Tank
Farm at CCK AB.
3 October. A
POL Conference was held at Taipei Air Station to review current and future
programs affecting resupply, receipt, storage and issue of aviation fuels and
related ground products. Discussion
covered USAF/CAF pipeline interconnect, 3,000 barrel tank for Sung Shan Air
Base and agreements between USAF/CAF not covered by SOFA.
10 October. Detachment
1, 6217th Supply Squadron at Tainan
AB won the Thirteenth Air Force
Quarterly EMO Award for 3rd Quarter, 1 July – 30 Sep 1968.
12 October. Colonel
Albert W. Jones replaced Colonel Lyle D. Lutton as Commander of the 314th
Tactical Fighter Wing at CCK
AB.
18 October.
The CAF and USAF signed a Joint Agreement on providing Weather Services
to US Military Units stationed on or operating through CAF bases and
facilities.
20 October. Operating
Location AA (OLAA) 327th Air Division at Shihmen was relocated at
Sung Shan Air Base, Taipei pending a move to Gold Mountain.
It became operational on 1 December 1968.
20 October. A
Letter of Agreement was signed between the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing
of CAF, Tainan
and USAF on procedures to be used in the control of IFR/Fighter/Interceptor
aircraft at Tainan Air Base.
21 October. Dining
Hall #2 at CCK AB was closed due to excess dining
capacity. On 16 November, the facility
was re-opened as a temporary Officer’s Club.
22 October. A
LARK exercise was conducted by CAF with 327th Air Division AOC
participating.
26 October. 327th
Air Division AOC participated in a BLUE SKY exercise.
28 October – 2
November. Thirteenth Air Force Inspector General (IG)
Team inspected the 327th Air Division’s five Operating Locations
(ADOT) (Editor:
Can someone decipher ADOT please.)
November. A CH-46 helicopter was airlifted to CCK AB
from Southeast Asia (SEA) aboard a 314th Tactical Airlift Wing
C-130E aircraft. This was a test tun to
see if it was economically feasible to carry the helicopters by C-130 aircraft
instead of C-141 aircraft.
November. A
Department of Defense (DOD) Contract Team visited Taiwan. They were interested in all Service Contracts
over US $10,000 dollars.
1 November.
The 324th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) at CCK AB was
assigned to the 327th Air Division per PACAF SO G-245, 4 October
1968. The 6217th Combat
Support Group was relieved from 327th Air Division and assigned to
the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing.
Assigned to the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing were three
airlift squadrons, the 50th, 345th and 776th. In addition, the Wing had the 314th
Armament & Electronics Squadron (A&ES) and the 314th Field
Maintenance (FM) Squadron. The 6217th USAF Hospital
was also assigned. Other functions of
the 6217th Combat Support Group (CSG) at CCK AB were transferred to
the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing were, Information, Safety,
Munitions, Tip Tank Maintenance and Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory
(PMEL.)
1 November.
Two new water wells, Well C and Well D, were placed in operation at CCK AB. Water was pumped from Well C at a rate of 450
gallons per minute and Well D at a rate of 650 gallons per minute.
1 November.
The UH-19B Sikorsky Helicopter which arrived at CCK
AB in July 1968, was first clown this date
from CCK AB.
10 November.
The initial lead of the Tainan AB Repair Cycle Items records were placed
into the CCK AB UNIVAC 1050II Computer.
This was the beginning of the remote supply system of the Tainan Air
Base Supply Account.
12 November. A Chinese Air Force Headquarters
Building at CCK AB was
officially opened and turned over to the CAF by USAF. Its cost was US $20,400 and contained 3,000
square feet of floor space.
19 November. 327th Air Division
participated in Exercise LARK.
20 November.
327th Air Division participated in Exercise BLUE SKY.
20 November. A
new Chapel was completed and opened at CCK
AB.
28 November.
New Bowling lanes at CCK
AB opened with 10 automatic pin
setters. Also included was a snack bar.
28 November. A
Small Arms Range at CCK AB was completed. It had a capacity of 50 firing stands.
29 November.
The 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron evacuated Clark Air Base
to Tainan Air Base because of a typhoon threat.
At Tainan AB, they were supported mainly by Detachment
1, 405th Fighter Wing.
29 November.
The 1.5 ton LOX (Liquid Oxygen source) generating plant at Tainan Air
Base was placed in operation.
1 December. The precision measurement equipment
laboratory (PMEL) 314th Field Maintenance Squadron was transferred
to 314th Armament & Electronics Squadron (A&ES.)
12 December.
327th Air Division AOC participated in a LARK Air Defense
Exercise.
12-13
December. A Joint, petroleum, oils, and lubricants
(POL) conference was held between CAF and USAF.
16 December.
Tip tanks fell from a F-105 aircraft undergoing maintenance in the Air
Asia Compound at Tainan AB, causing a fire, which damaged two
F-105s.
17 December.
327th Air Division AOC participated in a LARK Air Defense
Exercise.
18 December. An
agreement was signed between ROC and USG dealing with Chinese drivers,
mechanics and dispatchers.
18 December. An
Agreement was approved between CAF and USAF on re-supply methods, concerning
time, notification and amounts of fuel via the upgraded CAF interconnect
pipeline.
20 December.
The Base Education
Center opened at CCK AB. It had four general purpose classrooms, a
testing room, language facilities and office space.
21 December.
The Bob Hope USO Show (Operation Holly) was transported on three C-130E
aircraft of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing. Crews came from the 50th, 345th
and 776th Tactical Airlift Squadrons at CCK AB.
26 December. A
tactical airlift training exercise was conducted at the CCK AB Drop Zone. The exercise consisted of an airdrop of
Special Forces Elements, Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drop,
assault landing, speed off-load and a maximum effort takeoff. Viewers were Republic of China Minister
of National Defense, CHAING Ching-kuo, 327th Air Division Commander,
Brigadier General Chase and other Chinese officials.
31 December.
6214th Air Base Group won the Thirteenth Air Force Quarterly
Base Fuels Award for the fourth quarter, calendar year 1968 (4th Qtr
CY 68.)
31 December.
The 314th Tactical Airlift Wing flying time for the 4th
Qtr CY 68 was 19,257.8 hours. Total
sorties were 18,177, of which 12,699 were combat sorties.
Big changes
continued at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base. New and better support activities,
new buildings, everyone was settling in.
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1 comment:
My father-in-law, Ret. Chief Master Sargeant Arthur Stewart passed away recently. He served at the base. My son and I are trying to re-piece as much of his military career as possible. We enjoyed your site.
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