The only F-111 lost during Operation El Dorado Canyon

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My Dad's best Air Force friend was a Major (I think) when this raid occurred. I believe he was in charge of all maintenance and flight testing at Lakenheath to get the F-111s back into service, and assisted in the planning of this raid. He said the commanding officer of the aircraft which was shot down declined to mount the suggested jammer pod, and was shot down as a result. He was apparently quite sternly warned against refusing the pod. Just dumb.

[@zd1322]

Search Don Loucks. He was in that TFW.

[@aviationwings]

Thanks for sharing this. If you have more details about this story, it would be an interesting article.

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@@aviationwings I can probably call up Don and get lots more detail.