Arne Arneson flew the F-100D from 1959-1960 with the 430th TFS out of Cannon AFB, NM and from 1961-1964 with the 10th TFS, out of Hahn AB, Germany (F-100D).
Today in History – August 17, 1946 – “1st Human to Be Shot Out of a Speeding Plane”
17 August 1946 – The first person in the U. S. to be ejected from an airplane (P-61) by means of its emergency escape equipment was Sergeant Lambert at Wright Field in Ohio. (1) “Sergeant Larry Lambert ejected from an airplane while in flight over Wright Field. Lambert was testing a new device to assist