11 December 1966 – Capt A.E. Belford was serving with the 90TFS out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam. On a mission to discover a Vietcong supply route, his F-100 #553787 was hit by heavy artillery. Belford ejected and was rescued near Dau Tieng, RVN by HH-43F from Det. 6, 38th ARRS, crewed by David M. Randall (P), Robert A. Reilly (CP), Melvin G. Goff (FE) and Robert A. Loud (PJ).
Today in History – July 27, 1960 – Thunderbirds pilot Capt John R Crane’s F-100C crashes.
July 27, 1960 – North American F-100C #53-1740, assigned to the USAF Thunderbirds on 28 March 1960, crashes fifty miles from Nellis AFB, Nevada, killing Capt. John R. Crane during a solo proficiency flight. John Crane was born on August 21, 1926, in Las Vegas, NV. He served as narrator and information officer for the