{"id":269,"date":"2008-11-11T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T13:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2009-05-24T09:55:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T01:55:01","slug":"last-blackcat-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Last Blackcat Commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/blackcat5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday I went to see Col. Tom Wang (\u738b\u6fe4), who served as the last commander of the 35th Squadron.  I was privileged to be shown his collection of plaques.  I would like to share some with you here:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wang_01.jpg\"><\/br>This plaque was presented to Col. Wang by the Photo Technical Squadron on Sept. 15, 1974, after the closeout of Project Tackle.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wang_02.jpg\"><\/br>This was a gift from the &#8220;Air Force 8491st Unit&#8221; in Sept. 1974.  I have no idea which unit it is.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wang_03.jpg\"><\/br>This must have been a gift from the American side because it says &#8220;Hsieh Hsieh Col Tom&#8221;.  Unlike other plaques, this one is entirely made of wood.  BTW, is it a cat or a fox?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wang_04.jpg\"><\/br>It reads: &#8220;In appreciation of your outstanding service to the 35th Squadron, Chinese Air Force.  Your professional skill and dedication have greatly influenced the success of this organization.  Feb. 1968 &#8211; Oct. 1974.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wang_05.jpg\"><\/br>This was a gift from the Weather Reconnaissance Unit, aka the 35th Squadron.  Note the silhouettes of the U-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday I went to see Col. Tom Wang (\u738b\u6fe4), who served as the last commander of the 35th Squadron. I was privileged to be shown his collection of plaques. I would&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,6,5],"tags":[42,44,61,41,70,43],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-35th-sq","category-history","category-u-2","tag-35th","tag-tackle","tag-tom-wang","tag-u2","tag-70","tag-blackcat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}