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RB-57208 viewsA USAF RB-57 reconnaissance aircraft.
USAF Photo.vwip
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750 pounders168 viewsUSAF Photovwip
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HH-43345 viewsAn Air Force HH-43 delivers supplies to allied troops in Vietnam in 1970.
USAF Photovwip
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SA-2158 viewsAn SA-2 missile in flight, and the shadow of one detonating in mid-air.
DoD Photovwip
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Psyops190 viewsPsyops aircraft, likely a USAF Helio U-10A, dropping propaganda leaflets.
Transferred from the Byrd Archives.vwip
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Soaking117 viewsA brand-new VNAF pilot is given the traditional soaking reserved for pilots who complete their first solo flight. Be it from a bucket of water, or a base swimming pool, fledgling pilots know they are going to get wet after they complete that first solo.
USAF Photo. Scanned and courtesy Frank Vaughan.vwip
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Lining Up175 viewsA B-52 bomber moves into position to be refueled enroute to a bomb strike.
USAF Photovwip
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First Crew140 viewsThe first AC-47 gunship and its grew. Note the hats which were quasi-authorized uniform items for "Air Ccommando" crewmembers.
USAF photograph, published in "The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1961-1973" Office of USAF History, Government Printing Officevwip
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Sea Rescue359 viewsColonel Devol Brett, Vice Commander, 12th Tactical Fighter Wing was rescued by an HH-3E helicopter from the Gulf of Tonkin in December 1967. His F-4C Phantom was hit by enemy fire while on a strike mission north of the DMZ.
USAF Photo.vwipSep 30, 2007
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Pickup346 viewsCaptain Leo F. Dusard, downed at sea after suffering an engine failure, climbs into the rescue sling of an HH-43 rescue helicopter after being forced to eject from his F-100 in the Gulf of Tonkin, December 1967.
USAF photo.vwipSep 30, 2007
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Rescued!387 viewsIn February 1968, Captain Bernard E. Flanagan, an F-100 pilot of the 355th Tactical fighter Squadron, was shot down while on a mission over South Vientam. He was picked up within an hour by an HH-3E helicopter of the 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group.
USAF Photo.vwipSep 30, 2007
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F-100 supersabre357 viewsAn Air force F-100 Supersabre turns in making a strafing pass against an enemy force in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam. Note the centerline gun pod and how teh angle makes the fuel tank mounted on the left wing appear to be mounted on the underside of the tail. Note also the refueling boom on the right side of the aircraft.
USAF Photo.vwipSep 30, 2007
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TACAN178 viewsTactical Air Navigation (TACAN) and power units were deployed to Binh Thuy AB, Vietnam in 1965 by the 1st Mobile Communications Group, Clark AB, the Philippines.
USAF Photo.vwipSep 30, 2007
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Strike locations209 views1st Lt. Lance D. Scalf, a weapons controller onboard an EC-121 aircraft, plots the locations of US airstrikes over North Vietnam in November 1968.
USAF Photo.vwipSep 30, 2007
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Inflight maintenance190 viewsTSgt James E. Johnson, a crewman aboard EC-121D radar surveillance aircraft, checks his manuals as he prepares for a frequency "peak-up" of delicate equipment.
USAF Photo.vwipSep 30, 2007
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EC-121189 viewsUSAF EC-121 over South Vietnam.
USAF PhotovwipSep 30, 2007
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