Word: rf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Major Arthur W. Beckstrom, 33, highly decorated U.S. Air Force pilot (20 medals of valor, including the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross), who survived 202 combat missions in Viet Nam without serious injury; in the crash of his RF-101 Voodoo reconnaissance jet while on a training flight; near Blue Ridge...
Died. Major General Robert F. Worley, 48, deputy commander of the American Seventh Air Force and the third American general to die in Viet Nam; when his RF-4C Phantom jet was hit by enemy ground fire while on a reconnaissance mission; near Hué. A longtime fighter pilot with World War II combat experience in the Italian and Pacific theaters, Worley was one of the Air Force's youngest and most promising leaders. He had been in operational command of Air Force ground-support and tactical bombing in the two Viet Nams, and was scheduled to leave...
...missile. Boring ahead faster than a rifle bullet, it takes pictures of astonishing clarity from as high as 80,000 feet. Over the panhandle and Laos, most of the monitoring is the task of the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing flying out of Udorn in northern Thailand. Its droop-nosed RF-4C Phantoms, unarmed and unescorted, shoot up to a cumulative seven miles of film on the 40 to 50 sorties that the 432nd flies each...
...regular season play the freshmen won 12 games and lost none. Two of the wins went to Todd. Junior Varsity AB R BH Cherry 2b 3 3 1 Lochsley ss 3 3 2 Hurley cf 5 2 3 Perron rf 4 1 3 DeChellis If 4 1 1 Ballentine 3b 4 0 1 Kundrat 1b 5 1 1 Iannacone c 4 0 0 Fierke p 0 0 0 Aschaffenburg...
...Freshmen Fenton rf 3 2 2 Cetrulo If 5 0 0 Kelly cf 4 2 3 DeMichele ss 4 3 1 Varney c 5 1 3 Bernhard 1b 4 0 0 Garcia 2b 4 0 2 Saba 3b 5 0 0 Meyers p 1 1 0 Gibson p 1 0 0 Todd...