Explaining downing a MIG

Item

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363-02671.jpg

Digital Object Identifier

363-02671

Title

Explaining downing a MIG

Description

Original caption: "Southeast Asia - It was like this - Air Force Major William L. Kirk, 35, Tucson, Ariz., and the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (center) explains to crew members of the EC-121D Warning Star how he shot down a MIG-21 over North Vietnam recently after the crew had alerted to the MIG's presence. The EC-121D was on radar picket duty over the Gulf of Tonkin and contacted Kirk's F-4 Phantom flight when an enemy interceptor threatened an Air Force strike force. The Warning Star crew is assigned to the College Eye Task Force, a unit of the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing." One American Airman talks to a large group of other airmen in front of an airplane. He seems to be teaching or explaining something.

Date

1967, approximate

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; Airmen; Kirk, William L.; MiG (Fighter planes); Phantom II (Jet fighter plane); Air pilots; Air bases; Military education; Fighter plane combat

Location

South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6297

Size

20 x 25 cm

Container

B146, F4

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