<p>A U.S. Air Force Lockheed RT-33A-1-LO <i>Shooting Star</i> (s/n 53-5347). This aircraft was used for 16 secret reconnaissance flights over Laos between 24 April and 10 May 1961 flown from Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, codenamed "Project Field Goal". The RT-33 flights resumed sometime after May 1961, and ended on 7 November 1961.<br></p>
Note the Convair F-102A <i>Delta Dagger</i>s of the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in the background. The 16th FIS was based at Naha Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, at that time.
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