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
March 18, 1968 – Lt. Col. Howard Keith Williams (then Captain) serving with the 7th Air Force, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron was on a mission over Quang Binh Province. He was “Misty 43” flying F-100D (#563784). His aircraft crashed over land and he was reported MIA. Howie as he was known, […]
17 March 1947: The prototype of the United States’ first jet-powered bomber, the North American Aviation XB-45 Tornado, 45-59479, made a one-hour first flight at Muroc Army Air Field (later known as Edwards Air Force Base) with company test pilot George William Krebs at the controls. The photograph shows the XB-45 parked on Muroc Dry
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