RF-101 On The Ground
The USAF caption on the back reads:
K 28721 – A U.S. Air Force RF-101 Voodoo reconnaissance
aircraft taxis along a runway at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam, July
1967.
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO
I’m guessing its taxiing on a
taxiway. Tan Son Nhut was an
extremely busy airport, so you normally cleared the runways ASAP.
The underside of the nose cone angles down at about 45-degrees to
accommodate a forward looking camera. About
halfway aft toward the cockpit, you can see another square window that offered
a side view for cameras. There
likely was another window pointed downward in that same area.
RF-101s were stationed at Tan
Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam and at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, and perhaps at
another base or two.
