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First 100-Mission Tour

Published May 19, 2015

Capt. Donald Beck getting out of his RF-101C after flying his 100th “counter” on Nov. 15, 1965. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Capt. Donald Beck getting out of his RF-101C after flying his 100th “counter” on Nov. 15, 1965. (U.S. Air Force photo)

DAYTON, Ohio - Survival kit hand-made and carried by Capt. Donald Beck, the first pilot to reach 100 "counters". Also displayed is Beck’s F-101 patch (the F-101 Voodoo was known as the “one-oh-wonder.”) and his 15th TRS patch. These items are on display in the 100 Missions Up North exhibit in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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DAYTON, Ohio - Survival kit hand-made and carried by Capt. Donald Beck, the first pilot to reach 100 "counters". Also displayed is Beck’s F-101 patch (the F-101 Voodoo was known as the “one-oh-wonder.”) and his 15th TRS patch. These items are on display in the 100 Missions Up North exhibit in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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The first pilot to reach 100 "counters" was Capt. Donald Beck, an RF-101C pilot in the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, who completed his 100th on Nov. 15, 1965. Beck's 100 included missions over both Laos and North Vietnam. 

RF-101C crews were some of the first to fly Air Force combat missions during the Southeast Asia War. From 1961 on, the 15th and 45th TRS flew combat missions in Southeast Asia. It was only in May 1964, however, that they began to keep track of their missions over Laos and North Vietnam.
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