26
Mar
de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4) – 401
Caribou 61-2401 was leased from the US Air Force by Air America, which operated the plane as "401" in Laos. It was shot down while on a...
26
Mar
Fairchild C-123K Provider – 648
Air America's Provider "648" had been loaded with several pounds of cargo, a mixed load of fresh produce and ammunition, loaded onto 14...
26
Mar
Fairchild C-123K Provider – 555
Air America's C-123K '555' departed Vang Vieng carrying 5 passengers and 13,500 pounds of palletized ordnance. The airplane hit a hill,...
26
Mar
Lockheed AC-130E Spectre – 69-6571
The AC-130E gunship was attacking a convoy of trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. During the attack it was struck by 57 mm ground ...
26
Mar
Lockheed AC-130A Spectre – 55-0044
The Lockheed AC-130A Spectre gunship operated on a truck hunting mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It was struck by one of three SA-2...
26
Mar
Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) – XW-TDE
The DC-4 went missing on a flight from Saigon to Savannakhet and Vientiane. Last radio contact was with Bangkok Regional Control Center...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando – N67961
The aircraft went missing in Laos and was found after three days.
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4) – 393
The Caribou transport aircraft, carrying Lao military forces to a forward position, was making a normal landing approach when an obstru...
26
Mar
Fairchild C-123K Provider – 293
The C-123K transport plane departed Udon Thani RTAFB (UTH), Thailand on a so called Peppergrinder flight, which consisted of loading an...
26
Mar
Fairchild C-123K Provider – 613
An Air America Pilatus PC-6 Porter, N197X taxied into a rubber fuel drum. Leaking fuel ignited and burnt down N197X and C-123K "613", w...