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RF-4C Tail #64-1042 boots date 30 sep 66 7th Air Force 460th Tactical Recon Wing 16th Tactical Recon Squadron Major Corbitt was with him Corbitt, Gilland Wales, Col-Fallen '67 (someone has this profile already).
From POW/MIA Network: BARE, WILLIAM ORLAN Name: William Orlan Bare Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O2 Unit: Date of Birth: 28 March 1941 Home City of Record: Oklahoma City OK Date of Loss: 27 July 1967 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 172800 North 1063200 East Status (in 1973): Missing in Action/Presumptive Finding of Death Category: 2 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: RF4C Missions: Other Personnel in Incident: Gilland Corbitt, still missing Refno: 0774 Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat Casualty File. REMARKS: Radio Contact Lost CACCF = crash Quang Binh, 5 miles SW of Dong Hoi, aircrew No further information available at this time. -------
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This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of wall inscription in Saint Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church Columbarium in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington also at the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii.
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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS RF-4C PHANTOM II McDonnell Douglas RF-4C
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In the early 1960s, the USAF recognized the need for more tactical reconnaissance aircraft to reinforce the RF-101s then in service. The USAF chose a modification of the F-4C fighter. The RF-4C development program began in 1962, and the first production aircraft made its initial flight on May 18, 1964. The Air Force officially accepted a total of 499 RF-4Cs.
The RF-4C can carry a variety of cameras in three different stations in its nose section. It could take photos at both high and low altitude, day or night. The RF-4C carried no offensive armament, although during the last few years of its service some were fitted with four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for defense.
The 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron became the first operational unit to fly the RF-4C. In October 1965 that unit deployed to Southeast Asia to provide photographic reconnaissance of the growing conflict in South Vietnam. In the following years, RF-4Cs flew reconnaissance missions around the world, including Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Iraq in 1990-1991. The Air Force retired all of its RF-4Cs by 1985.
The RF-4C on display was delivered to the USAF on Sept. 9, 1965. It served in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Europe, Cuba and the Middle East. During Desert Shield/Desert Storm, this aircraft flew a total of 172 missions, more than any other F-4 aircraft. When flown to the museum in May 1994, it had more than 7,300 hours of flying time.
