Air Force Major Robert G. Dilger, First Lieutenant Mack Thies, and Lieutenant Colonel Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr. talking around a F-4C Phantom aircraft

Item

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363-02432.jpg

Digital Object Identifier

363-02432

Title

Air Force Major Robert G. Dilger, First Lieutenant Mack Thies, and Lieutenant Colonel Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr. talking around a F-4C Phantom aircraft

Description

Original caption: "This is How We Did It - Air Force Major Robert G. Dilger, 34, of Tampa Fla., an F-4C Phantom aircraft commander (right) and his pilot, First Lieutenant Mack Thies, 26, of Houston (center), explain to Lieutenant Colonel Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr., 38, Washington, D.C., how they forced down a MIG-17 during an aerial dogfight over North Vietnam yesterday (May 1). Colonel Vandenberg is the commander is the commander of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Da Nang air base. The MIG kill was the second for the 390th in a week and the 36th confirmed Air Force Kill." Three American pilots gathered around the missiles of a fighter jet.

Date

1967, May 8

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Airmen; Jet fighter planes; Vietnam (Democratic Republic). Quân đội; Phantom II (Jet fighter plane); MiG-17 (Jet fighter plane); Missiles; Aerial gunnery; Fighter plane combat

Location

North Vietnam

Coordinates

21.0278; 105.8342

Size

15 x 22 cm

Container

B147, F1

Format

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

United States. Air Force

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Copyright Information

These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

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