“Misty” Pilots Help Dedicate Museum's Newly Restored F-100F Super Sabre… - Warbirds News
PRESS RELEASE — Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, “Misty” pilots reunited on October 30, 2014 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor on Ford Island, Honolulu, Hawaii. The day included a tour of the Museum’s two hangars and 45+ aircraft, a panel discussion and book signing of Misty and Bury Me Upside Down, and the Museum’s North American F-100F Super Sabre dedication to Col “Bud” Day, call sign Misty 1, the... General Lori Robinson, commanding general of Pacific Air Forces, pilot Dick Rutan Misty 40, and Air Force Major General Don Shepperd, Misty37 were among the guest speakers. Hawaiian Kahu Kordell Kekoa gave a very moving Hawaiian blessing of the aircraft, with all 30 pilots in attendance and participating, along with Col Day’s wife Doris and Col Veach’s sister Diana Barcena all holding a part of the aircraft, placing... Dave Skilling spent 3 years as an instructor on the F104 at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, in the training program for German 104 pilots, and almost 7 years in two separate tours of duty in Europe, flying the 104 with 6 NATO air forces in a... Source: www.warbirdsnews.com
