USAF recon photo of Vang Vieng airfield Laos in 1961
A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance image of Vang Vieng airfield, Laos, from a PROJECT FIELD GOAL flight in May 1961. At the time, the Soviets were using this airstrip to resupply Pathet Lao insurgents. Visible in the photo is smoke from three anti-aircraft guns firing at the Lockheed RT-33A Shooting Star reconnaissance aircraft.
- Date
- 1961-05-23
- Photographer / author
- USAF
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,791 × 1,800 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (US Air Force).
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