U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing was assigned to the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron during the Vietnam War.
Things were said that African Americans weren’t smart enough to be pilots, but we prevailed," said George Hamilton. The ...
Captain Richard Stratton did more than serve his country in the Vietnam War — the prisoner of war was known as The Beak, a heroic member of the Strike Fighter Squadron 192. On Saturday, the Quincy ...
Federal Officials Identify the Remains of a Wisconsin Pilot Lost ... F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in ...
A United States pilot who disappeared while conducting a spy mission during the Vietnam War has finally ... Downing, 33, was piloting one of two aircraft in a nighttime armed reconnaissance ...