Why is this mission still classified almost 60 years later?
Has anyone here heard of this tragedy before?
I've never heard about this.
Flying Tigers Airline filled a role which is now filled by Air Force (I think) transport.
Whatever the men were doing, it may not have ended in the ocean as stated.
In any event, it appears to have ended poorly. Best to let the story given be the story accepted.
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But what about the flight crew and the stewardesses?
Interesting mystery. Why secret after all these years?
Thanks for posting.
Maybe Trump could have given them answers, but doubt Biden would.
I remember reading about this within the last few years here on FR.
If there is anything new to share about these missing servicemen, I think it should be shared with their families.
Not so sure about anything else.
My totally random, wild-assed guess:
https://www.armysecurityagencyveterans.net/asa-sod-2/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/top-secret-missions-john-e-malone/1006065531
““I have my dad’s dog tags,” Myers said. “That’s not a military mission.””
Disagree. We were told to leave ID and dogtags behind on a couple flights into Laos. No explanation why.
This sounds like these guys were going to be inserted somewhere, and if captured, would be deniable.
"...and the Central Intelligence Agency trying to compel determine if the U.S. should into joining the ongoing war in Southeast Asia."
I met a Vet who was in a secret squad tasked with sniping Chinese officers 'across the border'. His superiors did NOT wear uniforms (hint-hint). I really wish I'd taken the time to get to know him better and take a recorder with me: Within a year he had severe dementia after a stroke (he was on disability due to Agent Orange and had SEVERE health issues).
If they haven't revealed the truth by now, then the fact of the matter is that the flight was part of the secret missions indulged by the CIA. Period. On the basis of the precedent set by the JFK files, the families should just put it to rest. But that's my logical brain typing: I do not know the pain of 'not knowing', but it's a lost cause to pursue facts which will never be forthcoming and makes the pain persistent and damaging...
Never heard of it, but WOW. What could they have been assigned to do that was so weighty, it’s still being buried by the military 60 years later? Even in hindsight, if they were there acting as intel for the CIA or whomever, it would be old news, a piece of Cold War history. It’s hard to grasp that whatever it was they were up to then would have some sort of active relevance today.
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Wow, I never heard of this before! Thank you for sharing!
Makes you really wonder how many great patriots, men and women, are lost to our history, covered by the Top Secret label that keeps all the facts, known and unknown from the nation and their families, even after decades. How can something that happened during the Cold War be so secret now, 30 years since the fall of the Soviets, for the moment, but they could at least tell the families.
I find it asinine that the government keeps classified items that basically have no reason to be anymore. I am of zero knowledge or authority to say what can or cannot but my cynical side says government never wants to admit culpability and is lazy and uncaring.
Where was Biden March 15, 1962?