Lt. Col. William R. Eichelberger and Lt. Col. John J. Knight discussing an A-1E Fighter-bomber

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02455
Title: Lt. Col. William R. Eichelberger and Lt. Col. John J. Knight discussing an A-1E Fighter-bomber
Description: Original caption: "Lt. Col. William R. Eichelberger (left), departing commander of 1st Air Commando Sq. and Lt. Col. John J. Knight who will be the new commander discuss the merits of the 'daisy cutter.' Loaded on A-1E Fighter-bomber the innovation, using pipes fitted to the noses of general purpose bombs, enables them to explode before they bury themselves in the soft Vietnamese soil. This greatly increases the chock and fragmentation effects." Two US Airmen inspect the gun of an airplane.
Date: 1962-1968, approximately
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; United States. Army Air Forces. Air Commando Group, 1st; Jet planes, Military; Fragmentation bombs; Projectiles, Aerial; Airmen
Location: Tân Sơn Nhứt, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8185; 106.6588
Size: 15 x 22 cm
Container: B145, 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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