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
Wild Weasel Jack” Donovan Honored with Fly By at Arlington National Cemetery 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 […]
Jack Donovan – Headed West (1933 – 2015) Read More »
From SSS Bio. Obituary not located: Dick was Born 22 Feb 1936 in Brooklyn NY and graduated from Academy of Aeronautics Aug, 1958 with AAS in Aircraft Design Technology Joined USAF on 8 Dec ’58, Pilot Training Class 60F and was commissioned in USAFR Mar 1960. Assigned to Luke AFB for F-100 transition, then to
Carmine R. “Dick” Bassano headed west March 29th Read More »
Charles Hugh “Whispering” Smith, F-100 pilot and Misty 38 from Jan – May 1968, flew west on 23 March 2015 in Burleson, Texas. Hugh was born in Weinert, Feb. 8, 1938, to parents Henry and Hazel Smith. He attended Mattson High School and McMurray College in Abilene. He later graduated from Texas Tech in Lubbock.
Charles Hugh Smith, Misty 38/USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on March 23, 2015. Read More »