“. . . on 26 April, Maj. Paul J. Gilmore, in the front seat of the lead F-4C, and 1st Lt. William T. Smith in the back, downed the first MiG-21 of the war. They were part of a flight of three F-4s flying escort for two RB-66s. Launching from Da Nang, they rendezvoused with
15 July 1963 – Two North American F-100 Super Sabres of the 492d Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, suffer a mid-air collision during routine gunnery exercise on the Holbeach Range. Both aircraft crashed into the sea five miles off King’s Lynn. Pilot 1Lt. L. C. Marshall parachuted from […]
Today in History – July 15, 1963 – Two F-100’s in mid-air collision. Read More »
14 July 1938 – On July 10, 1938, Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., along with a crew of four, departed Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, on a flight to circle the Northern Hemisphere. His airplane was a Lockheed Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2, registered NX18973. Aboard were Harry P. McLean Connor, co-pilot and navigator; 1st
10 July 1965 -“The first USAF aerial victory of the Vietnam War was on July 10, 1965, when F-4Cs, flying from Ubon Air Base in Thailand, shot down two MiG-17s.”(2) “The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[N 1] is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for