(All images courtesy of Google/LIFE Magazine.) The image above shows a submerged aircraft near Quemoy. The crew of the floating crane on the right were trying to hoist the aircraft out of…
Month: August 2010
F-100 on Taiwan During 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis
During the 1958 Taiwan Straits crisis, the USAF also deployed F-100D/F-100F of the 72nd Tactical Fighter Squadron to Chiayi AFB on Taiwan. Although these F-100 received less attention from the press and…
F-104 on Taiwan During 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis
Source: Fifth Air Force in the Taiwan Straits Crisis of 1958 Source: Air Operations in the Taiwan Crisis of 1958 The following images of the 83rd FIS F-104 in Taoyuan are courtesy…