3 August 1966 – 1Lt T.L. Hodges is serving with the 308th TFS out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam. On this day, he was flying over South Vietnam when his aircraft was hit with combat-related gunfire. He was forced to eject from F-100 #563375 and was rescued uninjured by a US Army Helo.
Today in History – April 23, 1966 – Discrepancy in reports of MiG fighters in Vietnam
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