USAF in Vietnam: 6990th Security Squadron EC-47

On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords, which ended the Vietnam War, was signed. However, on February 5, 1973, the Baron 52, an electronic warfare C-47 aircraft, began a covert and illegal mission to locate North Vietnamese tanks traveling southbound and monitor movement on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Aboard were two teams: the flight crew and a group of technology specialists. En route, the aircraft was hit by anti-missile fire. After notifying the control tower, the plane went missing, and ha