A Thunderbird's 'Bomb Burst' Extra
Credit: USAF MUSEUM
GEN. MERRILL A. (TONY) MCPEAK Del Rio could be the movie set of a West Texas border town. It's windy, and the weather tends toward seasonal extremes. A large U.S. Air Force Base 6 mi. east of town is named after 1st Lt. Jack T. Laughlin, a B-17 pilot and Del Rio native killed over Java within a few...
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