Vol 18-1 of SmokeTrails includes the abbreviated story of the loss of Night Owl 08 in Nov 1971. We promised to provide the full article here online. Here it is.

OWL 08, the story of Capt James Steadman, USAF, and Capt Robert Beutel, USAF, November 26th 1971

OWL-08-MIA.pdf

(3.6MB)

The proper location of decals and stencils for Navy F4's is covered by NAVAIR 01-245FDB-2-1.2. Below are the appropriate pages in PDF format:

	NAVAIR 01-245FDB-2-1.2 (6-1 to 6-49)	Part1.pdf	(8.3MB)
	NAVAIR 01-245FDB-2-1.2 (6-50 to 6-86P)	Part2.pdf	(6.5MB)
	NAVAIR 01-245FDB-2-1.2 (6-87 to 6-108)	Part3.pdf	(2.4MB)

We plan to also offer the Air Force equivalent in the near future.

Now out of print, the Office of Air Force History and The Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center produced in 1976 a collection of first hand accounts by USAF aircrews of their air battles over Vietnam. Below is the PDF version of that publication, "aces & aerial victories, The United States Airforce in Southeast Asia 1965-1973".

	aces & aerial victories: Combat Narratives 1965-1968	USAF1.pdf	(8.8MB)
	aces & aerial aictories: Combat Narratives 1972-1973	USAF2.pdf	(8.7MB)