#Site85: US radar facility perched on 5,800-foot mountain in NE Laos provided all-weather guidance to F-105 fighter-bombers.
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#AirAmerica provided critical air support to@usairforce techs, CIA case officers, & Hmong & Thai security forces at#Site85. -
12 Jan 1968: Four N. Vietnamese Colt biplanes—modified to drop “bombs” improvised from 122-mm mortars & 57-mm rockets—headed for
#Site85. -
Approaching
#Site85, the four Colts split into pairs—one pair began low-level bombing & strafing passes & the other pair circled nearby. -
#AirAmerica pilot Ted Moore, flying an ammunition-supply run to#Site85 in his unarmed UH-1D “Huey” helicopter, saw the biplanes attacking. -
Moore & mechanic Glenn Woods took chase of 1st Colt. Woods pulled out his AK-47 & began firing at plane.
#Site85pic.twitter.com/qNPAofcvjE
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Pursuit continued for more than 20 minutes until 2nd Colt (hit by ground fire) joined 1st to try to escape
#Site85 & get back to N. Vietnam. -
Both attacking Colts suffered severe bullet damage & crashed before reaching border. The 2 unengaged Colts retreated from
#Site85 unharmed. -
2 months later, North Vietnamese commandos overran
#Site85 in deadliest single ground loss of@usairforce personnel during the#VietnamWar. -
The aerial victory at
#Site85 was the only shoot down of enemy plane from a helicopter during the#VietnamWar. http://1.usa.gov/1rSpktZ - 1 more reply
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Very cool. Is there a painting of Frank Olson being thrown out of a Hotel Statler window, days after being secretly dosed with LSD?
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nice painting. Trolls are out heavy today.
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I love these historical tweets. I would've never known about this. Please keep tweeting this type of thing even though u get flack back
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nice painting.
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look like crop dusters
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Thanks for calling out unique and relatively unknown events in our international history. It's fascinating and informative!
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ya era hora.
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you got any good oil on canvas of a peaceful village being napalmed
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