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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]
The aircraft then exploded after it crashed into a field 4 mi (6.4 km) short of Don Mueang International Airport. [1] 14 November 1992: Vietnam Airlines Flight 474, a Yakovlev Yak-40 (built in 1976), registration VN-A449, originating in Ho Chi Minh City with 31 passengers on board crashed while approaching the Nha Trang Airport in
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 ...
North Vietnam, Sơn La Province: His RF-101C #56-0186 was hit by enemy fire, he successfully ejected and radioed that he was on the ground without serious injury. When the search and rescue helicopter approached the area they were unable to make radio contact with him [105] Presumptive finding of death [3] until August 2018 when he was ...
Crash Location: Near Ap Bac, Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam. Both Aircrew members were Killed In-Action; Last VAL-4 loss: 155461 crashed on 9 February 1972. Crash Location: Into Sea off southwest coast of Vietnam near Rach Gia and Ca Mau. Pilot was Killed In-Action, Copilot ejected and was Wounded In-Action; P-3B Orion – 2 lost
The naval aviator was flying one of 10 planes that were shot down by the North Vietnamese military on the same day.
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]
It was issued with the RF-80A Shooting Star aircraft, and trained for daylight reconnaissance missions. The squadron, however, was stationed at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in West Germany due to the uncompleted facilities at Toul-Rosières Air Base. Weather conditions in Germany severely restricted the training operations of the assigned RF-80As.