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Today in History – December 5, 1956 – The “Snark” disappears and is found 27 years later (maybe).

5 December 1956 – A Northrop XSM-62 Snark, 53-8172, N-69D test model, fitted with a new 24-hour stellar inertial guidance system, launches from Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Florida. It wanders off-course, ignores destruct command, disappears over Brazil. It is found by a farmer in January 1983. The Day They Lost the Snark   By J.

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Phillip L. Carson

Preferred Name: Phil
Nickname/Call Sign: Porky
Date of Birth: May 13, 1939
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Alpine, TX
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Phil Carson flew the F-100 from 1967-1968 with the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron, out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • 1967 421st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM
  • 1967-1968 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam
  • 1988 PACAF Deputy Director of Safety

Awards & Decorations

Silver Star
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross (3)

Flight Info

F-100
F-5

Military & Civilian Education

Source: https://www.safety.af.mil/Portals/71/documents/Magazines/FSM/1980s/198807%20-%20FlyingSafetyMagazine.pdf
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