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"PARKEY'S 59th FIS"
USAF Home Movies 1951-1970

Home movies filmed by Joseph A. Parkey while he was serving with the 59th Fighter Interceptor Squadron during the early 1950s -- at Otis AFB in Massachusetts, Goose Bay Labrador, and Thule AB Greenland. Also includes footage of his later USAF service during the 1960s on Okinawa, in South Korea and Thailand.

You'll see scenes filmed at Otis AFB near Cape Cod, Mass. -- base buildings, flight line, men working on F-94 Starfires, a large hangar under construction, winter scenes, and some scenery around Cape Cod including the Bourne Bridge and Cape Cod Canal. There's some great footage of an aerial gunnery competition with bombs, napalm and rockets.
At The Goose in Labrador you'll see some of the early WWII-era buildings (barracks covered with tar paper, decorated for Christmas), snowy winter scenes, snow-blowers working, F-94s tied down and protected with tarps, shots of the flightline, and more.
Detachment #1 of the 59th FIS goes to Thule AB in Greenland, where you'll see some great panoramic shots of the base and ice-covered bay, the strange-looking Mt. Dundas, native Greenlanders with their sled dogs, base buildings, and more. There's some footage of F-94s being worked on, including "Willie's Wick II", and some in-flight footage of the Greenland ice shelf.
Other footage includes:
~guys camping and fishing
~P-51 Mustang, Transport planes, F-94s: FA-875, FA-885 and others
~Piktufic Blvd & 4th St. sign at Thule
~"Copacabana" Naha NCO Open Mess sign and buildings
~Dog Sabre Jet on display outside air base in Korea
~quick glimpse of Thai troops training
... and more!

Later footage (1966-67) was filmed at Naha AB on Okinawa, with city scenes and tourist sites (temples, monuments, and the WWII suicide cliffs), and shots on the base including a carnival with a space-ship ride.
There's some footage filmed in South Korea during 1968 -- driving thru towns, passing the ROK Air Force 10th Fighter Wing base, footage filmed at a US air base, and some flight sequences from an airshow featuring the USAF Thunderbirds.
And lastly, at Ubon RTAB in Thailand (1969-70) with the 8th TFW "Wolf Pack" you'll see base buildings, F4 Phantoms being loaded with bombs, Phantom take-offs and landings, and some Thai scenery, including temples and a golden Buddha.

The DVD has a soundtrack of Korean War era radio shows and 1960s AFN radio.
Running Time: 1 hour, 11 minutes

PRICE: $24.00

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Click Below to watch some clips from "Parkey's 59th FIS" -- Please note that because of the transfer process, this YouTube video is of a lesser quality than the actual DVD.

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