AIRCRAFT > FIGHTERS > F-101 > CUBAN SIGHTSEEING TOUR - 1962 (RF-101 OVER CUBA MISSILE SITE)
Title:
CUBAN SIGHTSEEING TOUR - 1962 (RF-101 OVER CUBA MISSILE SITE)
Artist:
Michael Machat
Categories:
AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> F-101
Catalog Number:
1997.036
Location:
BLDG 326
Description:
On the morning of 4 November 1962, U.S Air Force McDonnell RF-101A Voodoos took off from McDill AFB, Florida to make photo verification flights over Havana, Cuba to prove that Soviet missiles were being removed and returned to Russia after the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
363rd TRW, Shaw AFB, NC, TDY To MacDill AFB, FL, At 12:30 P.M., Nov 4, 1962. A McDonnell RF-101a Voodoo Conducts A Photo-Recon Mission At 500 Feet And 500 MPH Over Havana Harbor To Verify Removal Of Russian Missiles From Cuba.