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"the first such intercept since 1969 - happened in international air space over the Korean peninsula.

Stay alert, their next escalation may be a Pueblo incident or taking an axe our soldiers in Panmunjom."

In 4/69, a Navy EC-121, a counterpart of the C-135 flew a track along the coast of Korea. It was based out of Atsugi, Japan. There were 31 crewmembers. They were outside any claim to territorial waters of the Kor Coms.

Two Mig 21-s (25's?) came out to greet them. I was up in the air about to land at Danang in SVN and our pilot turned on the PA; the last transmission we heard was: "we have just confirmed that we have been locked onto."

All gone.

I flew on the same plane along the coast of NVN 4 days earlier, with the same crew.

Remember PR-21.