RF-101C_and_RF-104G_in_flight.jpg
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English:
A U.S. Air Force McDonnell RF-101C-55-MC
Voodoo
(s/n 56-206) from the 17th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Upper Heyford (UK), flying in formation with a West German Luftwaffe Lockheed RF-104G
Starfighter
(24+01) from Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 „Immelmann“ (51st Reconnaissance Wing) at Bremgarten, Germany, in the 1960s. The new McDonnell RF-4E
Phantom II
in Tactical Recce Role with 4 ATAF in
AG 51 "I"
since 1971.
Note: RF-101C-55-MC, s/n 56-206, suffered a double afterburner flameout on takeoff from RAF Upper Heyford and crashed in field near end of runway on 12 May 1969. The pilot was killed. ( USAF Serial Number Search Results ) |
| Date | 1960s |
| Source | USAF employee [1] |
| Author | Joseph W. Brown, Jr., USAF |
![[1]](http://www.raf-upper-heyford.org/17th/RF-101.jpg){kind=link}
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U.S. Air Force
Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
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in the United States.
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