15 July 1967 – T.H. Herndon was flying F-100D #563275. Enroute to a target of 150 Vietcong in a treeline, he was hit by 57mm AAA during a climb. He ejected and was recovered by USAF Helo. Herndon was serving with the 531st TFS out of Bien Hoa AB.
“Entered the civilian business world……1984”
Loren Eastburn flew the F-100 from 1960-1961 at Luke and Nellis AFB, NV; from 1961-1965 with the 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing out of RAF Lakenheath, England; from 1965-1966 with the 613th/614th/615th Tactical Fighter Squadrons out of England AFB, LA; from 1966-1967 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Phan Rang AB, RVN and as an Instructor from 1967-1969 with the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB, NV.
