I was a crew chief in the 13th Bomb Squadron at Ubon from Sept 71 - April 72 when the squadron was deactivated. My aircraft was # 578. I was a memmber of the mobility team that helped …

After trials stateside -- with one B-57G lost in a fatal crash -- eleven of the B-57Gs were deployed to Ubon Air Base in Thailand in 1970s to perform strikes on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The other …

The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. The B-57 is a …

2021年2月4日 · In particular the B-57G, derived from the B-57B, was developed as night intruder. Easily recognizable by the added “radome”, the B-57G played an important role during the …

On 15 September 1970, the 13th deployed to Ubon Royal Thailand Air Force Base, Thailand, and on October 17, 1970, flew its first combat mission in the B-57G. The squadron flew combat …

The B-57G was the designation assigned to sixteen B-57Bs that were modified as night intruders for use in Vietnam under a project known as Tropic Moon. Late in 1967, three of the 3rd …

2018年7月3日 · On February 19, 1965, B-57s struck Viet Cong targets in Phuoc Tuy Province. This was not only the first U.S. Air Force bombing raid of the Vietnam War, but the first ever …

The new bomber became the Martin B-57, a by-product of the English Electric Canberra, the first British-built jet bomber, initially flown in 1949. Adaptation of a foreign-made aircraft to …

Initially labeled Night Rider, this project centered on a General Dynamics proposal to equip 15 B-57s with low light level television, forward looking radar, and infrared sensors. The B-57...

1970年12月14日 · The B‐57 was the 75th United States aircraft reported lost over Laos since the United States command began an nouncing losses there on March 10. Informants say that …