| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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. It was added on 15 November 2025, and has since been viewed 93 times. |