Published May 19, 2015
DAYTON, Ohio - Items in the First In, Last Out: WIld Weasels vs. SAMs exhibit: 1) Tape player, carried on Acree and O-Donnell's F-105, that recorded the mission. 2) Arming lanyards from AGM-78s fired on the first mission. 3) Acree's helmet used while flying in the U.S. 4) Fragments from an AGM-78 warhead. Each warhead produced 10,000 fragments. 5) Cockpit control panel for the AGM-78. Fp1-5G patch. (U.S. AIr Force photo)
Before becoming the Air Force Project Manager for the AGM-78, Acree flew 126 F-105D combat missions over North Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Acree and O’Donnell testing the AGM-78 over the White Sands Missile Range in October 1967. O’Donnell was a seasoned EWO, having flown fifty-three combat missions in Wild Weasel I. (U.S. Air Force photo)