ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136735
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| Date: | Thursday 2 May 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Northrop T-38A Talon |
| Owner/operator: | 80 FTW USAF |
| Registration: | 66-8351 |
| MSN: | N5967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 mi N of Tinker AFB, OK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sheppard AFB, TX |
| Tinker AFB, OK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed caught in wingtip vortices of a C-130 Hercules; instructor Kelley and student 2./Lt Reed E. St. Vincent (23) were killed.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171126074757/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/t_38_talon.htm
C-17 CSO note: Personal knowledge from contemporaneous back channels of event reports. Student pilot St. Vincent was college classmate of mine and fellow AFROTC cadet. Neither occupant was Luftwaffe officer, both were USAF officers.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2011 15:24 | TB | Added |
| 02-Jan-2020 09:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-May-2020 07:57 | C-17 CSO | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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