Way back in 1980...Howard Air Force Base was one of two U.S. Air Force facilities in the Panama Canal Zone; Albrook Air Force Station was the other. | ![24th_composite_wing_emblem.jpg (41371 bytes)](images/panama/24th_composite_wing_emblem_small.jpg) |
![headquarters_us_southern_command.jpg (104730 bytes)](images/panama/headquarters_us_southern_command_small.jpg) | Howard AFB was the Headquarters of the US Southern Command and the 24th Composite Wing. |
Stationed there was the C130, a cargo aircraft, and a few older fighter aircraft, such as the A7D and F4 Phantom aircraft. Transient aircraft (or those passing through) could be almost anything! |
![c-130.jpg (109966 bytes)](images/panama/c-130_small.jpg) | ![f4.jpg (166369 bytes)](images/panama/f4_small.jpg) |
One of the M-706 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), all terrain vehicles. Also known as a "duck", it could even traverse waterways! | ![m706_duck.jpg (112080 bytes)](images/panama/m706_duck_small.jpg) |
![c_flight_le.jpg (156034 bytes)](images/panama/c_flight_le_small.jpg) | The last group of folks I worked with before I left there... "C" (Charlie) Flight, Law Enforcement, in the 24th Security Police Squadron. |
Somebody added the above photo to a YouTube video of Panama! | It is at the 1:30 mark... |