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The First F-105 100-Mission Tours

On Jan. 11, 1966, Capt. Donald Totten and Capt. Benjamin Bowthorpe, 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th TFW, became the first F-105 pilots to achieve 100 missions "out-country." The next day, Capt. Michael Cooper, 334th TFS, reached his 100. 

On Jan. 15, 1966, four F-105 pilots from the 388th TFW at Korat completed their 100 on the same mission: captains Gilbert "Bruce" Holmes Jr. and William May of the 469th TFS, and captains Richard Ely and William Ramage of the 421st TFS.

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