Aircraft Photo of 69-7698 | Beech QU-22B (1079) | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #867448
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:69-7698
Other Marks:HX013
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 33 Debonair/Bonanza
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 33 Debonair/Bonanza
Aircraft Version:Beech QU-22B (1079)
C/n (msn):EB-6
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Drac's Bat
Location
City / Airport:San Jose - Norman Y Mineta InternationalMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KSJC   IATA: SJC   Local: SJC   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 September 1979
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 867448
Photo Comment

Used as a ground instructional airframe, later registered N74TA. The QU-22B was intended as an unmanned airborne relay for the 'Igloo White' operation during the Southeast Asia War. This placed and monitored sensors to detect traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In 1970 a detachment of the 553rd Recon Wing known as the "Vampires" conducted the first operational QU-22B mission, all flights then carrying a pilot due to unreliability problems with the equipment. In 1972, after the loss of several aircraft, the USAF cancelled the QU-22 program

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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