Category: Heritage
Wreck of Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier Kaga
MC-130P that participated in Sơn Tây raid going to Castle air museum
The MC-130P #66-0212 that took part in the special forces raid on Sơn Tây, Vietnam will be retired to become a permanent display at Castle air museum.
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Statue of world’s first African American fighter pilot unveiled
60th anniversary of the surface-to-air missile’s combat debut
On this day 60 years ago, a S-75 surface-to-air missile was fired by China’s 2nd surface-to-air missile battalion in Beijing and it shot down a Martin RB-57D Canberra high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, #5643, over Tong County Zhangjiawan. It was the first time that a surface-to-air missile had brought down an aircraft.
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