A Nickel on the Grass: Honoring Minot AFB Fighter Pilot 60 Years After Crash
July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024
MINOT AFB, North Dakota, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news:
By Abigail Kinder, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
On the cold morning of December 19, 1963, six F-106 Delta Darts departed from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on a routine training mission that would end in tragedy.
The aircraft were operated by pilots assigned to the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, an Air Combat Command unit responsible for protecting the Un . . .
By Abigail Kinder, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
On the cold morning of December 19, 1963, six F-106 Delta Darts departed from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on a routine training mission that would end in tragedy.
The aircraft were operated by pilots assigned to the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, an Air Combat Command unit responsible for protecting the Un . . .