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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. "This building is the ARAMCO Admin
building. It housed all administration personnel and had the first IBM 360
mainframe system in the kingdom."* |
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| Entrance to town of Al
Khobar (see Postcards for 2 aerial
views of Al Khobar). "King Khalid Street, today a
fountain stands here in this location. The First three sets of buildings 1
story and 2 story were called the Khaki Flats (the British named them that
since they were rental units that were tan in color."* |
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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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