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VFP-63 was a Light Photographic Squadron of the U.S. Navy. Originally established as Composite Squadron Sixty-One (VC-61) on 20 January 1949, it was redesignated as Fighter Photographic Squadron (VFP-61) on 2 July 1956.
Burning American aircraft at Bien Hoa Air Base in 1965. During the Vietnam War, thousands of U.S. aircraft were lost to antiaircraft artillery (AAA), surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and fighter interceptors s. The great majority of U.S. combat losses in all areas of Southeast Asia were to AAA.
The pilot, Captain Rich Biley, brought the aircraft in at King Khalid Military City, Forward Operating Location 1 where it was stripped of parts, some sent to King Fahd International Airport, Main Operating Base for use on other aircraft, and then buried in the desert.
South Vietnam, Phước Long Province: Pilot of UH-1B #63-038557 that crashed under heavy fire while making an emergency troop insertion into the area of the Đồng Xoài Special Forces Camp [76] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] June 10: Johnson, Bruce G: Captain: US Army: SD-5891 (5th ARVN Division), MACV Advisors: Battle of Đồng Xoài
US Army: 165th Aviation Group: South Vietnam: Pilot of U-21A #66-18041 that disappeared on a flight from Phu Bai to Danang [290] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] December 19: Forame, Peter C: 1st Lieutenant: US Army: 2nd Squadron, 11th Cavalry Regiment: Cambodia, Kampong Cham Province: Copilot of OH-6A #67-16347 shot down on a bomb ...
North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Pilot an EA-6A #156979 that disappeared on a night mission [39] Presumptive finding of death [3] April 14: Greenleaf, Joseph G: Lieutenant: US Navy: VF-114, USS Kitty Hawk: Easter Offensive: South Vietnam, Cam Lo District: Pilot of an F-4J hit by ground fire and seen to hit the ground with no ejection observed.
The remains of a Vietnam War pilot were identified a half century after his plane vanished, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Wednesday in a statement. U.S. Marine Corps Capt ...
A US Air Force North American F-100C Super Sabre [102] of the 136th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 107th Tactical Fighter Group, New York Air National Guard, departed Niagara Falls Air Force Base, New York, on a training flight to Erie, Pennsylvania, but pilot Lt. Edward Metlot, of New York City, was informed by his wingman that his plane was on fire.