The USAF DASF Units along with the TASS Units Vietnam

Welcome to a very unique AFSC (Army = MOS).
Radio Operator, Maintenance And Driver (ROMAD).
also Recon, Observe, Mark, And Destroy (ROMAD).
Today known as a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP).
Primary AFSC was 304XX - Radio Maintenance
among many other AFSC from 1965-1976.
Today, this AFSC is know as 3C4XX

ROMAD ~ TACP Reunion

Open to ALL ROMAD's & FAC's
who served from 1950 through now.

Reunion was held on September 12-13-14, 2008

Next reunion will be announced here shortly

We are planning to try to co-ordinate our reunion with the active
duty ROMAD's (TACP's) reunion. We as well as they have learned
a lot about each others jobs from then and now!

Make plans to attend the next reunion.

Reunion announcements will be on both this site and at
ROMAD.COM

DASF / ROMAD PERSONNEL DATABASE

To update your EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBERS only
in the DASF / ROMAD Database.

If You Would Like A Copy Of This Database To Date:
1. You must have your information in this database proving you were/are a ROMAD.
2. The data is output as a formatted ASCII text file.
3. This file will be sent as a attachment to your email address given above.
4. It is requested that this be kept out of the email spammers hands.
5. You must email me at romad@charter.net to request this list.
6. Active Duty ROMAD's have a choice of releasing their information, as such their info may not be included.

NOTICE TO ALL

For those that wondered what happened to me. After the reunion I continued on a much deserved trip to the west coast and then stopped in San Francisco to visit friends. I then returned home having just arrived on the 20th of October. I will be updating all of the information shortly and also entering the new information from other DASF and TACP both active duty and retired. I will post at the top of the DASF pages any updates that I make and were they are.

Any one requesting a copy of the listing of men that are on file here will receive a copy of the updated roster shortly.

Robin
Webmaster

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Best viewed at 1024 X 768 using a broadband connection.

All pictures are copyrighted, but may be used without permission,
HOWEVER,
Please provide full credit to those persons who took the pictures and
to this web site with a link from your site to this site which is required.

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IMPORTANT

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When ever I make a change on these pages,
I will indicate the date and page location in this
section. So you will not have to hunt for it.

So enjoy your tour.

Below are the 7 different Direct Air Support Flights,
each consisted of about 10 officers and 19 enlisted men combined
for a total of about 29 men minus motor pool etc..

All DASF units were deactivated on September 15, 1968
and became part of the 604th DASS, in Hawaii.

The 604th DASS was deactivated on May 17, 1976.

1st DASF Page
1st DASF Startup Roster now on line

Airman Vince Green's pictures

2nd DASF Page

Airman Wood's Korean Pictures

3rd DASF Page

4th DASF Page

Captain Burt Blatter's Pictures
Both Korea and Vietnam

Airman Robert Michael's Picture
Ragged Scooper 2 alpha
Vietnam and Korean Pictures

5th DASF Page

Airman Joe Trexler's Vietnam Pictures

6th DASF Page

7th DASF Page
Changed to the 604th DASS

603rd DASS Page

Airman Steven Bowens Pictures

MSgt Mike "Harpo" Humphrey, USAF Ret.
Original Pack Rat / ROMAD, GP #3
ROK Tiger Div, CAV REG, Vietnam 1967-68
A nice brief description of how I became a ROMAD.

My pictures in 5 groups

in Vietnam and Thailand, 1962 ~ 1975
This site contains the following groups:

505th TCG
619th TCS
620th TCS
621st TCS
Plus a lot of very useful information on the FAC's,
Pack Rats, plus other support organizations

Greetings - Peace

The Korean Vietnam Veterans Web Site in Korea

http://www.vietvet.co.kr
There is both a Korean AND English sections on this link.
Feel free to visit and ask any question that you might have.
You will get a prompt answer to you question in English.

Another site worth a visit is
HTTP://WWW.ROMAD.COM

The original ROMAD's as well as the current active duty ROMAD's are planning to hold the next reunion together and the location and date will be announced on both this site and at ROMAD.COM

This site is set up by Charlie Heidal for use by the CURRENT ROMAD's and TACP's that are on ACTIVE DUTY in the USAF. Several areas are off limits to non active duty service people since these men are overseas fighting in the 2 major conflicts, but most of the site is not pass word protected. He has a lot of excellent information on today's ROMAD's and the type of training and duty they perform. If you are a ex-ROMAD and wish to contact Charlie for access to the full site follow the rules on this page to get your password.

The Map Section.

All Maps are at 1:250,000
resolution or scale.

That means big and the files
are very large to download.
HIGH SPEED REQUIRED

Detail is excellent.

The Vietnam War

Area Of Operations 1965 - 1975
Map Scale is 1:250,000
Remember, these maps are big.

Welcome to Jim Henthorn's Vietnam Vet Page!

Preliminary Map Scanning Completed as of 10/30/2001.
Indexing of place names is not complete. I'll be adding vintage maps of the remaining areas of Thailand in the near future as I get them done! Please note that this is a very large site and the maps of Vietnam are very detailed thus they are large files to download. This is still a work in progress and will be for many years to come. These maps are excellent for detailed research of / on the war.

http://www.nexus.net/~911gfx/sea-ao.html

Ray's Map Room
Vietnam Areas of Operation
Topographic Digital Map Images
Scale is 1:250,000

Ray has added to Jim Henthorn's maps many key places, battles and other important points concerning this war. Each point of interest will have a orange diamond marker on the map. This diamond when clicked on will pop up with pictures and a written history for this location. This has been very well done and is a work still in progress.....

http://www.rjsmith.com/topo_map.html

USAF Beret Colors TACP Flash Patch as worn on the USAF Black Beret.
Black Beret	TACP / ROMAD's
Maroon Berets	Pararescue
Scarlet Berets	Combat Controllers
Gray Berets	Combat Weather
Dark Blue Berets	Security Forces
Pewter Green Berets	SERE instructors
Light Blue Berets	Regular AF Personnel