Between 1966 and 1972, the Gunfighters logged 18 confirmed MiG kills in Vietnam. Upon the wing's returned to the United States in October 1972, Captain Lance P. Sijan, a 366th pilot shot down in 1967, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as a prisoner of war.
While deployed aboard USS Bon Homme Richard (Carrier Air Wing Twenty One), Lieutenant Commander Bobby C. Lee and Lieutenant Phillip R. Wood became the first VF-24 pilots to shoot down MiG aircraft over North Vietnam on May 19, 1967,. The MiGs were shot downed with AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. Then on July 21, 1967, Commander Marion H. Issacks ( XO) and Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Kirkwood made the 3rd and 4th MiG kills for their Squadron with 20 mm guns and Sidewinder missiles. The MiG-killing "Fighting Renegades" became one of the Navy's first "Ace" squadrons. [1]
Date
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Pilot
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WSO
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Aircraft
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Unit Assigned
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Tail Code
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Call Sign
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Location
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Weapon
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Kill
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Aug 24, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Dreux, France | Fw 190 | |||
Sep 3, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | St-Germain, France | Fw 190 | |||
Nov 11, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Rheine, Germany | Fw 190 | |||
Nov 26, 1943 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Oldenburg, Germany | Me 110 | |||
Nov 29, 1943 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Bremen, Germany | Me 109 | |||
Dec 11, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Emden, Germany | Me 110 | |||
Jan 29, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Emden, Germany | Me 110 | |||
Jan 30, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Lingen, Germany | Me 410 | |||
Jan 30, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Lingen, Germany | Me 109 | |||
Feb 20, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Koblenz, Germany | Me 410 | |||
Feb 22, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Paderborn, Germany | Fw 190 | |||
Mar 16, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Nancy, France | Fw 190 | |||
Mar 27, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Nantes, France | Me 109 | |||
May 8, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Celle, Germany | Me 109 | |||
May 22, 1944 | 3 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Höperhöfen, Germany | Fw 190 | |||
Jun 7, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Dreux, France | Me 109 | |||
Jun 7, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Dreux, France | Fw 190 | |||
Jun 12, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Évreux, France | Me 109 | |||
Jun 27, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Connantre, France | Me 109 | |||
Jul 5, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Évreux, France | Me 109 | |||
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Jul 5, 1951 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86A | 4 FIG | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Sep 2, 1951 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86A | 4 FIG | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Oct 2, 1951 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86A | 4 FIG | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Jan 11, 1952 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 51 FIW | Dandong, China | MiG 15 | |||
Feb 20, 1952 | 0.5 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 1 FIW | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Apr 1, 1952 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 51 FIW | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Apr 13, 1952 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 51 FIW | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Apr 9, 1965 | Terence M. Murphy | Ronald Fegan | F-4B | VF-96 | MIG-17 (Chinesse) | ||||
Jun 17, 1965 | Louis Page | John C. Smith | F-4B | VF-21 | MIG | ||||
Jun 12, 1966 | CDR Harold L. Marr | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jun 21, 1966 | LT Eugene J. Chancy | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jun 21, 1966 | LTJG Philip V. Vampatella | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Oct 9, 1966 | CDR Richard M. Bellinger | F-8 | VF-162 | MiG-21 | |||||
Date | PILOT | RIO | AIRCRAFT | UNIT | Tail Code | Call Sign | Location | WEAPON | VICTIM |
Jan 2, 1967 | Ralph Wetterhahn | J.Sharp | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Olds 02 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Walter Radeker II | J. Murray III | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Olds ? | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Robin Olds | C. Clifton | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Olds ? | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Everett T. Raspberry | R. Western | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Ford 02 | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Philip P. Combies | L. Dutton | F-4C | 433 TFS, 8 TFW | Rambler 04 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | John B. Stone | C. Dunnegan | F-4C | 433 TFS, 8 TFW | Rambler 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Lawrence Glynn Jr. | L. Cary | F-4C | 433 TFS, 8 TFW | Rambler 02 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 6, 1967 | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | MIG-21 | ||||||
Jan 6, 1967 | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | MIG-21 | ||||||
May 1, 1967 | CDR Marshall O. Wright | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
May 4, 1967 | Robin Olds | MIG-21 | |||||||
May 18, 1967 | Robin Olds | MIG-17 | |||||||
May 18, 1967 | Robin Olds | MIG-17 | |||||||
May 19, 1967 | CDR Paul H. Speer | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
May 19, 1967 | LTJG Joseph M. Shea | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
May 19 1967 | LCDR Bobby C. Lee | F-8 | VF-24 | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
May 19, 1967 | LT Phillip R. Wood | F-8 | VF-24 | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
Jul 21, 1967 | LCDR Marion H. Isaacks | F-8 | VF-24 | 20mm Guns | MIG-17 | ||||
Jul 21, 1967 | LCDR Robert L. Kirkwood | F-8 | VF-24 | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
Jul 21, 1967 | LCDR Ray G. Hubbard, Jr. | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Dec 14, 1967 | LT Richard E. Wyman | F-8 | VF-162 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jun 26, 1968 | CDR Lowell R. Myers | F-8 | VF-51 | MIG-21 | |||||
Jul 9, 1968 | LCDR John B. Nichols | F-8 | VF-191 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jul 29, 1968 | CDR Guy Cane | F-8 | VF-53 | MIG-17 | |||||
Aug 1, 1968 | LT Norman K. McCoy, Jr. | F-8 | VF-51 | MIG-21 | |||||
Sep 19, 1968 | LT Anthony J. Nargi | F-8 | VF-111 | MIG-21 | |||||
Apr 22, 1972 | LT Gerald D. Tucker | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jan 19, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 112 | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
May 8, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
May 10, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 100 | MIG-17 | |||
May 10, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 100 | MIG-17 | |||
May 10, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 100 | MIG-17 [2] | |||
May 10, 1972 | Capt Richard S. Ritchie | Capt Charles B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-7463 | OY | Oyster 03 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jul 8, 1972 | Capt R.S. Ritchie | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4E 67-0362 | ED | Paula 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jul 8, 1972 | Capt R.S. Ritchie | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4E 67-0362 | ED | Paula 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Aug 28, 1972 | Capt. R.S. Ritchie | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-7463 | OY | Buick 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Sep 9, 1972 | Capt John A. Madden, Jr. | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-0267 | OY | Olds 01 | AIM-9 | MiG-19 | ||
Sep 9, 1972 | Capt J.A. Madden, Jr. | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-0267 | OY | Olds 01 | AIM-9 | MiG-19 |
In aerial combat, F-84 pilots were credited with eight MiG-15 kills against a Soviet-claimed loss of 64 aircraft. The total losses were 335 F-84D, E and G models.
Between 1966 and 1972, the Gunfighters logged 18 confirmed MiG kills in Vietnam. Upon the wing's returned to the United States in October 1972, Captain Lance P. Sijan, a 366th pilot shot down in 1967, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as a prisoner of war.
While deployed aboard USS Bon Homme Richard (Carrier Air Wing Twenty One), Lieutenant Commander Bobby C. Lee and Lieutenant Phillip R. Wood became the first VF-24 pilots to shoot down MiG aircraft over North Vietnam on May 19, 1967,. The MiGs were shot downed with AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. Then on July 21, 1967, Commander Marion H. Issacks ( XO) and Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Kirkwood made the 3rd and 4th MiG kills for their Squadron with 20 mm guns and Sidewinder missiles. The MiG-killing "Fighting Renegades" became one of the Navy's first "Ace" squadrons. [1]
Date
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Pilot
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WSO
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Aircraft
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Unit Assigned
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Tail Code
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Call Sign
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Location
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Weapon
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Kill
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Aug 24, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Dreux, France | Fw 190 | |||
Sep 3, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | St-Germain, France | Fw 190 | |||
Nov 11, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Rheine, Germany | Fw 190 | |||
Nov 26, 1943 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Oldenburg, Germany | Me 110 | |||
Nov 29, 1943 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Bremen, Germany | Me 109 | |||
Dec 11, 1943 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Emden, Germany | Me 110 | |||
Jan 29, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Emden, Germany | Me 110 | |||
Jan 30, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Lingen, Germany | Me 410 | |||
Jan 30, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Lingen, Germany | Me 109 | |||
Feb 20, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Koblenz, Germany | Me 410 | |||
Feb 22, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Paderborn, Germany | Fw 190 | |||
Mar 16, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Nancy, France | Fw 190 | |||
Mar 27, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 56 FG Hq | Nantes, France | Me 109 | |||
May 8, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Celle, Germany | Me 109 | |||
May 22, 1944 | 3 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Höperhöfen, Germany | Fw 190 | |||
Jun 7, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Dreux, France | Me 109 | |||
Jun 7, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Dreux, France | Fw 190 | |||
Jun 12, 1944 | 2 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Évreux, France | Me 109 | |||
Jun 27, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Connantre, France | Me 109 | |||
Jul 5, 1944 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | P-47D | 61 FS, 56 FG | Évreux, France | Me 109 | |||
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Jul 5, 1951 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86A | 4 FIG | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Sep 2, 1951 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86A | 4 FIG | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Oct 2, 1951 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86A | 4 FIG | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Jan 11, 1952 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 51 FIW | Dandong, China | MiG 15 | |||
Feb 20, 1952 | 0.5 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 1 FIW | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Apr 1, 1952 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 51 FIW | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Apr 13, 1952 | 1 | Gabby Gabreski | F-86E | 51 FIW | North Korea | MiG 15 | |||
Apr 9, 1965 | Terence M. Murphy | Ronald Fegan | F-4B | VF-96 | MIG-17 (Chinesse) | ||||
Jun 17, 1965 | Louis Page | John C. Smith | F-4B | VF-21 | MIG | ||||
Jun 12, 1966 | CDR Harold L. Marr | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jun 21, 1966 | LT Eugene J. Chancy | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jun 21, 1966 | LTJG Philip V. Vampatella | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Oct 9, 1966 | CDR Richard M. Bellinger | F-8 | VF-162 | MiG-21 | |||||
Date | PILOT | RIO | AIRCRAFT | UNIT | Tail Code | Call Sign | Location | WEAPON | VICTIM |
Jan 2, 1967 | Ralph Wetterhahn | J.Sharp | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Olds 02 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Walter Radeker II | J. Murray III | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Olds ? | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Robin Olds | C. Clifton | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Olds ? | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Everett T. Raspberry | R. Western | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | Ford 02 | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Philip P. Combies | L. Dutton | F-4C | 433 TFS, 8 TFW | Rambler 04 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | John B. Stone | C. Dunnegan | F-4C | 433 TFS, 8 TFW | Rambler 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 2, 1967 | Lawrence Glynn Jr. | L. Cary | F-4C | 433 TFS, 8 TFW | Rambler 02 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jan 6, 1967 | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | MIG-21 | ||||||
Jan 6, 1967 | F-4C | 555 TFS, 8 TFW | MIG-21 | ||||||
May 1, 1967 | CDR Marshall O. Wright | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
May 4, 1967 | Robin Olds | MIG-21 | |||||||
May 18, 1967 | Robin Olds | MIG-17 | |||||||
May 18, 1967 | Robin Olds | MIG-17 | |||||||
May 19, 1967 | CDR Paul H. Speer | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
May 19, 1967 | LTJG Joseph M. Shea | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
May 19 1967 | LCDR Bobby C. Lee | F-8 | VF-24 | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
May 19, 1967 | LT Phillip R. Wood | F-8 | VF-24 | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
Jul 21, 1967 | LCDR Marion H. Isaacks | F-8 | VF-24 | 20mm Guns | MIG-17 | ||||
Jul 21, 1967 | LCDR Robert L. Kirkwood | F-8 | VF-24 | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
Jul 21, 1967 | LCDR Ray G. Hubbard, Jr. | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Dec 14, 1967 | LT Richard E. Wyman | F-8 | VF-162 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jun 26, 1968 | CDR Lowell R. Myers | F-8 | VF-51 | MIG-21 | |||||
Jul 9, 1968 | LCDR John B. Nichols | F-8 | VF-191 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jul 29, 1968 | CDR Guy Cane | F-8 | VF-53 | MIG-17 | |||||
Aug 1, 1968 | LT Norman K. McCoy, Jr. | F-8 | VF-51 | MIG-21 | |||||
Sep 19, 1968 | LT Anthony J. Nargi | F-8 | VF-111 | MIG-21 | |||||
Apr 22, 1972 | LT Gerald D. Tucker | F-8 | VF-211 | MIG-17 | |||||
Jan 19, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 112 | AIM-9 | MIG-21 | ||
May 8, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | AIM-9 | MIG-17 | ||||
May 10, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 100 | MIG-17 | |||
May 10, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 100 | MIG-17 | |||
May 10, 1972 | Randy "Duke" Cunningham | William P. Driscoll | F-4J | VF-96 | Showtime 100 | MIG-17 [2] | |||
May 10, 1972 | Capt Richard S. Ritchie | Capt Charles B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-7463 | OY | Oyster 03 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jul 8, 1972 | Capt R.S. Ritchie | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4E 67-0362 | ED | Paula 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Jul 8, 1972 | Capt R.S. Ritchie | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4E 67-0362 | ED | Paula 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Aug 28, 1972 | Capt. R.S. Ritchie | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-7463 | OY | Buick 01 | AIM-7 | MIG-21 | ||
Sep 9, 1972 | Capt John A. Madden, Jr. | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-0267 | OY | Olds 01 | AIM-9 | MiG-19 | ||
Sep 9, 1972 | Capt J.A. Madden, Jr. | Capt C.B. DeBellevue | F-4D 66-0267 | OY | Olds 01 | AIM-9 | MiG-19 |
In aerial combat, F-84 pilots were credited with eight MiG-15 kills against a Soviet-claimed loss of 64 aircraft. The total losses were 335 F-84D, E and G models.