Restoring the F-100 Super Sabre
2014-02-15T14:48:46-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZjI4XC8yMDE0MDIxNTE0NTM0NjAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Retired U.S. Air Force Major General Rick Goddard, former commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, talked about restoring the fighter jet he flew in Vietnam in the late 1960s. He spoke about how this aircraft made its way back to the base where it made its very first landing, and his impressions of the restoration. As a young fighter pilot, Goddard completed 226 combat missions in F-100s, 180 of them in this exact aircraft from Sept 1968 to Oct 1969.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Macon, Georgia, from January 20-23 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Macon, Georgia, from January 20-23 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Retired U.S. Air Force Major General Rick Goddard, former commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, talked about restoring the fi… read more
Retired U.S. Air Force Major General Rick Goddard, former commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, talked about restoring the fighter jet he flew in Vietnam in the late 1960s. He spoke about how this aircraft made its way back to the base where it made its very first landing, and his impressions of the restoration. As a young fighter pilot, Goddard completed 226 combat missions in F-100s, 180 of them in this exact aircraft from Sept 1968 to Oct 1969.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Macon, Georgia, from January 20-23 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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