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
22 May 1948 Jackie Cochran flew her “Lucky Strike Green” North American Aviation P-51B-15-NA Mustang, USAAF serial number 43-24760, civil registration NX28388, over a 2,000 kilometer (1,242.743 miles) closed circuit from Palm Springs, California, to Mesa Gigante, a point near Santa Fe, New Mexico, and return. The flight, timed by H. Dudley Wright, a representative […]
21 May 1967 David Carl Lindberg died during an airstrike while flying an F-100D, SN 56-3285, near Khu Tru Mat in Bihn Duong Providence, South Vietnam on May 21, 1967, while supporting the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. His wife, Karen Tisher, recently provided the following information. “He was on scramble alert mission. The Forward Air
20 May 1978 – The 5000th F-4 by manufacturer McDonnell Douglas si delivered twenty years after the first flight of the prototype. “The F-4 was used extensively during the Vietnam War. It served as the principal air superiority fighter for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and became important in the ground-attack and
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