(176) RB-47 belonging to the 55 SRW conducting search missions for Russian cargo vessels during Cuban Quarantine.
(177) Davis, U-2 Spyplane in Action, 21. In addition to Maj Anderson’s U-2, two additional aircraft were lost to unknown causes.
(178) 6994th Security Squadron (SS) shot down with three USAFSS personnel: TSgt Raymond Leftwich; A1C Chales Land; and A1C Daniel Resse.
(179) Lockheed SR-71 Web Page, URL: http//www.thepoint.net/~jstone/blackbird.html, accessed 14 December 1998. Last operational CIA A-12 flight. Flown from Kadena AB, Okinawa, A-12 aircraft (tail #60-6932) experienced an inflight emergency and the pilot was killed.
(180) Crash of Pleiku-based EC-47 in support of Vietnamese operations.
(181) Aircraft tail #135749 assigned to Atsugi NAS, Japan.
(182) Aircraft tail # 62-4137 lost on mission from 55th Strat Recon Wing at Offut AFB, NE.
(183) Army Security Association Web Page, URL: http://www.voicenet.com/~sakk/origin.htm, accessed 14 November 1998.
(184) Crash of RC-135 RIVET AMBER during mission recovery at Shemya AFB, Alaska. Crewmembers lost: TSgt Eugene Benavides; SSgt Roy Lindsey; SSgt Richard Steen; Sgt Douglas Arcano; Sgt Sherman Consolver; and Lucian Rominiecki.
(185) The loss of SR-71 (tail #64-17969) took place during a North Vietnamese operation mission flown from Kadena AB, Okinawa. Shortly after air-refueling, aircraft was unable to maintain a high rate of climb, and as it entered turbulence both engines flamed out. Pilot and RSO, ejected safely after aircraft stalled.
(186) Project III C-135B lost during test run over Northern Pacific Ocean near coordinates 10 31N 161 59W – unknown cause of loss – 24 crewmembers. Project III (tail #61-0331) assigned to the 4950th Test Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
(187) Even though aircraft was flown from 361st TEW Sqdn and included EW specialists, two crewmen were cryptologists assigned to the 6994th Security Squadron. In 1978, a Pathet Lao radio communique described four of these crewmen as having been captured. Aircraft from the 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, Ubon, Thailand. Suspected capture of US airmen – never recoverd.
(188) RC-135C COBRA BALL II (tail #61-2664) crash laanding at Shemya AFB, Alaska after conducting mission. Six of 24 crewmen died in crash caused by inclement weather.
(189) The last loss of any Blackbird on an operational mission. SR-71 (Tail #64-17974) left engine blew up and shrapnel from it hit the right-side hydraulic lines, causing a loss of flight controls. Both Pilot and RSO ejected and recovered.