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54-2107. New York ANG in South Vietnam. The city in the center is the old Imperial City Huế,
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66-7463 OY (fake Number). The real one is parked on the parade ground at the USAF Academy. The above plane was another D model that was painted as 463 appeared after Steve Ritchie's 5th kill. Anyway it's a superb shot.
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66-7569/66-7594 FO. "Wolf Pack" over Vietnam. 66-7569 was lost to ground fire May 25, 1968. Crew ejected and were rescued.
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155??? / 310 NF. USS Bonne Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Skyhawks are prepared for an air strike with Mk 82 Snake Eye.
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Vietnam ace Brigadier General Richard Stephen "Steve" Ritchie. During Southeast Asia combat in 1972, Captain Ritchie became the only American pilot in history to down five MiG-21s, a record that has yet to be equalled.
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UH-1H "spray ship". This Huey set up for a defoliation mission with Agent Orange in Vietnam. Agent Orange is a plant growth regulator wich causes trees to die so the enemy was better visible. Agent Orange is very toxic and causes numerous health problems.
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66-7463 UP. 463 was in this period assigned to 366 TFW at Takhli RTAFB in support of Linebacker I operations Vietnam. The plane went famous as a MiG Killer with Steve Ritchie and Charles B. DeBellevue
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63-7589 FP. Ready for a mission over Vietnam. It is configured for the MiGCAP escort role with Sparrow air-to-air missiles under the fuselage, and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and extra fuel tanks under the wings
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Aerial view from a U-21 of two "Zippos" flamethrower boats somwhere on a river in South Vietnam.
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F-4D 66-8772 FA. Shot down by an SA-2 over North Vietnam. One crewman was killed. F-4E 69-0302 SA was Shot down by ground fire near Sou Giang/Dong Hoi/Ba Don, North Vietnam. Both crewmen were killed.
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"Black Ponies" Taxiing at Binh Thuy AB, South Vietnam.They Were The Navy's Only Permanently Based Fixed Wing Attack Squadron In Vietnam And Upon It's Departure Was The Navy's Last Combat Unit In Vietnam.
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66-8803 FP. Loaded with 6 x MK 82's with fuse extenders on each inboard TER and 6 x ??? on the centerline MER. Crashed on 22 june 1987. No further info.
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105mm Artillery Howitzer firing at Tay Ninh Basecamp South Vietnam. You can see clearly the 105mm shell which is fired.
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53-3833 H. Hit by ground fire 25 mi N of DMC, Qnang Binh Province, North Vietnam Apr 17, 1966. Crew ejected and were rescued by USAF helicopter.
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F-100F rear view after releasing their payload somewhere in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam.
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1505(34??) Tailcode NH. Probably VAW-114 USS Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam campaign 1971. Can't find anything on internet about this accident.
