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| Charleston Air Force
Base, South Carolina - View from temporary visitors' barracks prior to
flight out to Saudi Arabia, 10 June 1960.. |
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| A brief stop in the rain on the island of Bermuda. |
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| Another refueling stop at
Portugal's Azores. |
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| And another brief stop over at Madrid, Spain. (No photo at next stop,
Wheelis Air Force Base, Tripoli, Libia, as was middle of night). |
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| Upon arrival at destination of
Dhahran Air Field on the Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, visiting enlisted men are put up in these air conditioned barracks. |
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| Hunting trophies on
display at Dhahran Air Base - most probably came from safaris out of the
area (e.g., Africa)..? |
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| After arrival at Dhahran,
several days were given to orientation & physical adjustment to the
heat. |
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| This photo, previous one,
& following 12 were taken during orientation tours out around the
Dhahran & Gulf Coast areas. |
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| A road out in to the
Gulf...? |
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| Aramco's oil fires
ahead..? |
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| First view of Bedouin
& their colorful trucks. |
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| A closer look at a
petroleum fire. |
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| An old wall near an
oasis. |
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| A distant view of a mound
breaking the flat horizon. |
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| Believe this is part of
Aramco's huge complex. |
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| Entrance to town of Al
Khobar (see Postcards for 2 aerial
views of Al Khobar). |
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| A flight west in a DC3
("Gooney Bird") & Keith meets his new Riyadh home. |
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| Another view of the
enlisted men's "villa" north of Riyadh, located very near the
airport. |
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| A view north from
our villa looking towards the mosque and Riyadh Airport. |
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| This
is the view south towards the old parachute jump tower. |
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| Roof view to the
southeast showing one of our VW rigs headed for the main Airport Road in to
the city of Riyadh. |
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| Looking down across the
dirt road is the building used as our kitchen, dining facility and other
support functions. |
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| Across the road & a
little to the north is the officer's villa. |
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| This southerly view from
our roof shows our military radio antenna & tip of tennis/volleyball
court. |
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| A view south towards our
complex of 3 buildings. The jump tower was always a prominent
landmark. |
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