Hu Shi Xiu, director of the Bureau of Forestry and the delegation leader, and Ding Yao Hua, director of the Chengdu Zoo at Sichuan, meet MGEN Benedict, commander, U.S. air base, and COL Vernon L. Frye, commander, 7450th Air Base Group, upon their arrival at the Tempelhof Central Airport following the delivery of the panda bears Bao Bao and Tian Tian by the United States Air Force to Berlin from China.
Today in History – March 12, 1967 and 1971 – 1Lt Joe Adrian and 1LT Clive Jeffs both MIA
Two F-100 pilots lost 4 years apart. On this day in 1967, 1st Lieutenant Joseph Daniel “Joe” Adrian flying F-100D #55-3611 was on a night scramble from the Tuy Hoa Runway, Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam. About six miles from the end of the runway over the South China Sea, his aircraft crashed. First Lieutenant