-
McDonnell issued a
series of patches.
Pilots became "Phantom Phlyers",
backseaters became "Phantom Pherrets", fans of the F-4 "Phantom Phanatics", and call...
- Walter's ****istant Eric
Ladin as
Lieutenant Glenn "Jammer" Taylor, Zeke's
backseater Geoff Pierson as
United States Secretary of
Defense Pierce Gray Esai Morales...
-
Thunder Over
Michigan Airshow at the
Willow Run Airport. The
pilot and
backseater ejected safely. 14
August A
Russian Aero L-39
Albatros crashed while landing...
-
approximately 65
miles (105 km)
northwest of Da Nang Air Base,
South Vietnam. His
backseater,
Major Robert Brodman,
ejected safely and was rescued. He and his wife...
-
rolled in
behind the F-4C
piloted by
Major John "Robbie"
Robertson and his
backseater Hubert Buchanan (USAF # 63–7643, 555th TFS). As he
closed the
range he...
- 1973
between an RF-4C
aircraft piloted by IIAF
Major Shokouhnia and
backseater USAF
Colonel John
Saunders and a
Soviet MiG-21
flown by
Captain Gennadii...
-
Twelve days later,
Captain Charles B.
DeBellevue (who had been Ritchie's
backseater during four of his five victories)
downed two more MiGs,
bringing his...
- at
Gillespie Field to
reduce civilian casualties, and both he and his
backseater, Lt. (j.g.)
Randy L. Furtado, 27, a
radar intercept officer who was undergoing...
-
Colonel McGee (right)
served as
Commander of the 16th
Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in Vietnam;
Lieutenant Tom
Coney (left) flew as his
backseater....
- the mountain, and
burst into flames.
Eglin died instantly, as did his
backseater, Army 1st
Lieutenant Howard E. Shelton. Eglin's
remains were subsequently...
