5 May 1969 – A USAF North American F-100D-70-NA Super Sabre, #56-3214, one of two Super Sabres from the 452nd TFS/81st TFW out of RAF Lakenheath, was on a gunnery mission over Holbeach Range, Cambs., UK. The plane suffered engine failure, forcing pilot Capt. R.E. Riggs to eject. The jet fighter impacted into farmland, missing
The Misty Experiment Shep writes to tell us that as of May 2nd, The Misty Experiment, The Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail is now on PBS. Many PBS stations are showing the movie on Memorial Day. PBS does not control local stations nationally so each local station determines its own schedule. Check […]
From Leo – Wednesday morning, we gathered to board two buses that were to take us to the Weapons School at Nellis AFB. Getting the bus through the gate at Nellis is very difficult when some passengers and the driver do not have Military IDs. If it were not for Lt Col Adam Rudolphi, the
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Shep Reviews the Reaper. The trip to Creech (arranged by CT Wang) to view drone (whoops “RPA”) operations was extremely interesting. The briefings were UNCLASS and several spouses attended. We rapidly concluded that MQ-9 Reapers with GPS, cameras, sensors, buddy-laser and radar, armed with up to four PGM 500lb bombs or 8 Hellfires, could have
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