13's.... (2 Viewers)

Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules

FJ-3M_of_VF-73_on_USS_Randolph_(CVA-15)_in_1957.jpg
 
North American T-28A Trojan 49-1613

Delivered to USAF 26Oct50 at Williams AFB, AZ
Assigned to 3525th Pilot Training Group, Williams AFB, AZ
Accident on the 23rd of January 1951 taxying at Williams AFB, AZ
To the Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch (AASB), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. Reclaimed on the 23rd of September 1957. BoS from USAF on the 3rd of April 1958.
Registered N7641C on the 20th January 1959; cancelled on the 22nd of October. Crashed on the 7th of April 1966 at Hagerstown, MD.
Returned to USAF as 49-1613, on the 25th of January 1968. To North American Aviation, Columbus, OH. Converted to T-28D-5, line number 292.
Assigned to Sacramento Air Materiel Area (SMAAR), McClellan AFB, CA. SOC on the 17th of September 1968.
Assigned to the Military Assistance Program (MAP) .
To Royal Lao AF on the 17th of September 1968 as 49-1613/0-91613. W/o on the 31st of January 1971.
Used by Raven FAC under direction of the US Air Attaché in Laos.
 
Last edited:
Convair RB-36F-5-CF Peacemaker
49-2713 (MSN 155) Accepted by USAF in September 1951. 72nd Bombardment Wing, Ramey AFB, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
Featherweight Configuration II. To MASDC on the 24th of June , 1958 and scrapped there....

Featherweight Configuration II?? :-k
 
E-2A_of_VAW-116_landing_on_USS_Coral_Sea_(CVA-43)_c1967.jpg

A U.S. Navy Grumman E-2A Hawkeye (BuNo 151715) of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 116 "Sun Kings" landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). VAW-116 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15) aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Vietnam from 26 July 1967 to 8 April 1968.
Note the Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 139734) of Attack Squadron 25 "Fist of the Fleet" in the foreground. The squadron made the last combat deployment of the A-1 attack variant. 139724 was transferred to the U.S. Air Force and served with the 1st Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing. It was shot down by small arms fire 35 km west of Khe Sanh over the Savannakhet Province, Laos, on 6 March 1971. The pilot bailed out and was rescued by a USAF helicopter.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back