Published May 19, 2015
This RT-33A flew secret reconnaissance missions in the spring of 1961 under the code name PROJECT FIELD GOAL. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Reconnaissance image of Vang Vieng airfield, Laos, from a PROJECT FIELD GOAL flight in May 1961. At the time, the Soviets were using this airstrip to resupply Pathet Lao insurgents. Visible in the photo is smoke from three anti-aircraft guns firing at the RT-33A. (U.S. Air Force photo)
The first ABLE MABLE pilots in front of an RF-101C: Front row (left to right) 1st Lt. Fred Muesegaes, Maj. Ken Harbst and 1st Lt. Jack Weatherby; Back row (left to right) Capt. Ralph DeLucia, Capt. Bill Whitten and 1st Lt. John Linihan. Muesegaes, Weatherby, Linihan and Whitten also flew RT-33A PROJECT FIELD GOAL missions. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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