U.S. Air Force A2C Ross J. Nicholson loading cannon shells in a Supersabre

Item

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Digital Object Identifier
363-02456
Title
U.S. Air Force A2C Ross J. Nicholson loading cannon shells in a Supersabre
Description
Original caption: "Hq 2AD Tan Son Nhut afld - RVN - Armament Specialist - U.S. Air Force A2C Ross J. Nicholson, of Grove City, Pa., a U.S. Air Force armament specialist, works on the hot gun bay of a North American F-100 Supersabre of the 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Airman Nicholson is loading 20mm cannon shells in the Supersabre for a sortie somewhere in the Republic of Vietnam." A shirtless American man loads munitions into an Air Force plane.
Date
1965, Aug. 3
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; Airmen; F-100 (Jet fighter plane); Projectiles, Aerial; Jet planes, Military
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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