615th Tactical Fighter Squadron COL H. C. Gordon, USAF Presentation Lighter

[yokota57]

Japanese-made "Super Ace" presented to COL Henry C. "Hank" Gordon, USAF (1925-1996) at Phan Rang AB, RVN.. In 1960 COL Gordon was one of seven secretly selected X-20 "Dyna-Soar" astronauts. VSH indeed !!!

[Charlie Flick]

Another great lighter, Yokota.  You keep coming up with the good ones.

 

Charlie

[yokota57]

CF, Glad you appreciate the history as much as I do. The X-20 "Dyna-Soar" never flew, was cancelled in 1963. One of the other seven X-20 astronauts was a guy named Neil Armstrong. I wonder what ever happened to him?  YK57