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The RF-101C saw service during the Cuban Missile Crisis and soon followed the North American F-100 Super Sabres in October 1961, into combat when RF-101s from the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing deployed to south east Asia, performing reconnaissance flights over Laos and Vietnam. [81]
A power unit next to an aircraft revetment exploded after being hit by a grenade and the resulting fire damaged an RF-101C aircraft. [ 3 ] : 10 VC mortar fire from outside the base was detected by counter-mortar radar and the mortar site was targeted by ARVN 105mm artillery , Vietnam Air Force A-1s and helicopters from the US Army 120th Assault ...
The last 45th TRS RF-101C left Tan Son Nhut on 16 November 1970. Det 1 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Tan Son Nhut Air Base South Vietnam with RB-57E 55-4264, early 1968 The need for additional reconnaissance assets, especially those capable of operating at night, led to the deployment of two Martin RB-57E Canberra Patricia Lynn ...
English: View of the flight line and the control tower at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, in 1964. Visible aircraft are: the noses of two U.S. Air Force McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo from the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, six Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, probably of the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron,
Operation Able Marble crews in front of an RF-101C. Four RF-101C reconnaissance aircraft of the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Misawa AB, Japan, and their photo lab arrived at Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base under Operation Able Marble. The RF-101s were sent to replace the RT-33 aircraft in performing aerial ...
The 45th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 55th Operations Group and stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.It is one of the most decorated squadrons of the active duty United States Air Force with a combat record in three wars, and a peacetime record of vital contributions to worldwide reconnaissance, treaty monitoring, and pilot ...
F-101C. 56-0009 – Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas. [citation needed] RF-101C RF-101C display at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB. 56-0048 – Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mount Clemens, Michigan [42] 56-0057 – Camp Robinson National Guard Armory, North Little Rock, Arkansas. [citation needed]
South Vietnam: 4 June 1969: Deployed to Tuy Hoa AB, South Vietnam, F-100D Super Sabres; assigned to 31st TFW 192d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: Nevada: 26 January 1968: Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO: 7 June 1969: RF-101C; assigned to 123d TRW during Pueblo Crisis. 195th Air Transport Squadron: California: 1 October 1961: Van Nuys MAP, CA: 31 ...