??VF-162-1967 VN combat cruise

Red Rider wrote:

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I don't know if the dates are that big a secret anymore or not. Probably not
as every reporter knew about it anyway, but we started flying recon "Yankee
Team"(May 64) with RF-8's and Air Force RF-101's into Laos, which was three
months before the Tonkin Gulf Incident (Aug 64). After a couple of RF-8's
received ground fire, flew into mountains, and other things, they started
having a F-8 fly escort for them, but that was just so they knew why the
RF-8 didn't come back. The first RF-8 was lost on 6 June 1964, easy day to
remember as it was the anniversary of "D-Day". I am having a senior moment
and I can't recall the pilots name.

Chuck Klusmann.

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Guy

Guy Alcala wrote in message ...
Red Rider wrote:

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I don't know if the dates are that big a secret anymore or not. Probably not
as every reporter knew about it anyway, but we started flying recon "Yankee
Team"(May 64) with RF-8's and Air Force RF-101's into Laos, which was three
months before the Tonkin Gulf Incident (Aug 64). After a couple of RF-8's
received ground fire, flew into mountains, and other things, they started
having a F-8 fly escort for them, but that was just so they knew why the
RF-8 didn't come back. The first RF-8 was lost on 6 June 1964, easy day to
remember as it was the anniversary of "D-Day". I am having a senior moment
and I can't recall the pilots name.

Chuck Klusmann.

Klusman made a sucessful escape as well after 3 months in Pathet Lao
captivity.
The next day another Kitty Hawk Crusader was lost in Laos. This time
it was an F-8D flown by VF-111 CO Cdr Doyle escorting on one of the
two Yankee Team missions that day. He was rescued but was KIA the next
year.

Klusman made a sucessful escape as well after 3 months in Pathet Lao
captivity.
The next day another Kitty Hawk Crusader was lost in Laos. This time
it was an F-8D flown by VF-111 CO Cdr Doyle escorting on one of the
two Yankee Team missions that day. He was rescued but was KIA the next
year.

...Correction to my last. Doyle was his first name. Last name was Lynn