Duane Buttell, Jr.: Guy In Back for a Mig-21 Victory

2023-07-10T22:13:24-05:00

Bastille Day, July 14, 1966, a day Duane Buttell, Jr. will remember forever!  He was flying in the lead F-4 of four fighters tasked to provide MiG cover for three F-105s (“Thuds”) attacking surface to air missile (SAM) sites near Hanoi.