23 April 1966 – The Vietnam People’s Air Force (VPAF) sent its first MiG-21 to intercept two B-66 Destroyers being escorted to their mission by a flight of F-4 Phantoms. (2) Neither side scored a kill in the engagement. However, also on April 23, 1966, large numbers of MiG encounters in the area had been
Bruce Whitman, Chairman, President and CEO of Flight Safety International invited Super Sabre Society members who wrote the book, The Friday Pilots, to visit Flight Safety International in Tucson and fly the latest version Lear and Challenger simulators – we were treated like rock stars, briefed, had lunch with the staff and found although we […]
Photo of the First (and perhaps only) All-Lieutenant 4-Ship, F-100 Out-Country (Laos) Mission in the Vietnam War (1st Lt’s Bill Lloyd, JD Wetterling, Lacy Veach, and Rick Goddard) It might stand as a record in the SSS annals from any base in South Vietnam. Here’s all this feeble mind can recall (I fashioned a fictional version
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SSS’r Dave Skilling will soon on another foray into Vietnam. On April 13, eleven Fighter Pilots (mostly Navy) will meet with Viet pilots of our era in Hanoi. Two of the Viets are retired LtGen’s. The Navy guys are asking to meet with adversaries from specific engagements. The group has requested to visit Kep Airlfield and day will
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