USAF_Able_Mable_reconnaissance_pilots_in_Thailand_1961.jpg

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Description	The first six U.S. Air Force "Able Mabel" pilots from the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, at Don Muang RTAFB, Bangkok, Thailand in front of the McDonnell RF-101C-65-MC Voodoo (s/n 56-079, "Mary Ann Burns"), in December 1961. Front row (left to right): 1Lt Fred Muesegaes, Maj Ken Harbst, Detachment Commander (45tj TRS Ops Officer), 1Lt Jack Weatherby; Back row (left to right): Capt Ralph DeLucia, Capt Bill Whitten, 1Lt John Linihan. Muesegaes, Weatherby, Linihan, and Whitten (in chronological order) flew the RT-33A previously on "Field Goal". On 29 October 1961, four RF-101s and ground crews from the 45th TRS were ordered by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff to deploy to Don Muang ("Able Mable Reconnaissance Task Force"). The aircraft were reay on 7 November and began flying reconnaissance sorties over Laos the next day.
Date	December 1961
Source	National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 140113-F-DW547-029
Author	USAF

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December 1961