360th
TEWS and 6994th Security Squadron,
Tan Son Nhut 1968
During the war, the 360th Tactical
Electronic Warfare Squadron flew EC-47 aircraft, which were a modified version
of the World War Two era DC-3, filled with (then) state-of-the-art electronic
equipment; the 360th TEWS provided the aircraft and the “front-end”
crews (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, flight engineer), while the 6994th Security
Squadron provided “back-end crews” who were in charge of the electronic
equipment. Their role was to monitor the radio traffic emitted by Vietcong and
North Vietnamese troops, and pinpoint their location for friendly units.
Vietnamese made shoulder scroll for Det 3, 6994th
SS
Crewman posing
in front of EC-47
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