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
[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Billy R. Sparks Preferred Name: Billy Nickname/Call Sign: Sparky Date of Birth: Dec. 7, 1934 (May 10, 2013) Highest Military Grade Held: Lieutenant Colonel Hometown: New Albany, IN [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23186,23190″ img_size=”225×309″ onclick=”” css_animation=”fadeIn” column_number=”2″ grayscale=”no” images_space=”gallery_with_space”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no”
[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Lawrence A. “Bud” Sittig Preferred Name: Bud Nickname/Call Sign: Date of Birth: December 18, 1946 Highest Military Grade Held: Brigadier General Hometown: [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”7407,23125″ img_size=”225×309″ onclick=”” css_animation=”fadeIn” column_number=”2″ grayscale=”no” images_space=”gallery_with_space”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][ult_tab_element
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