30 November 1957 – Capt Benny Lacombe is killed when he unsuccessfully attempts to bail out of Lockheed U-2A, 56-6704, Article 371, 13 miles SE of Laughlin AFB. Ejection seats had not yet been fitted to U-2s at this point. The history of the U-2 program is fraught with fatalities and crashes. “CIA pilots Wilburn S.
An Associate SSS Member, Jim flew west on 18 NOV 2015, at the time a resident of Manteca, CA. There was no official obituary, but here’s a bit of info on him and his unique history with the Super Sabre Society. When Original Editor & Publisher of our journal, Ron Standerfer, was ramping up a …
It was a beautiful morning in our Nation’s Capital 20 Nov 2015 and Jack Donovan’s Internment at Arlington National Cemetery had a remarkable showing. A son of a member of the Society of Wild Weasels captured the moment with an F-16 missing man four ship flown by the McEntire ANGB F-16 Wild Weasel unit (157th FS). …
Wild Weasel Jack” Donovan Honored with Fly By at Arlington National Cemetery Read More »
SSS member Steven Christopher Cucci, 80, passed away peacefully, Oct. 2, 2015, in the company of his family. Steve was born Aug. 15, 1935, in Jersey City, N.J., to Albert Joseph Cucci and Anna Mae Costello Cucci. He graduated from Point Pleasant High School in Point Pleasant, N.J., and earned a journalism degree from Rutgers …