In-Flight Escape Experiences of Southeast Asia Prisoner of War Returnees,

Abstract

During the Tenth Annual Symposium of the Survival and Flight Equipment (SAFE) Association, 2-5 Oct 1972, a special papers session addressed combat escape, evasion, and recovery of United States Air Force (USAF) personnel in Southeast Asia (SEA). Specific subjects included escape and evasion problems, use of survival equipment, rescue and recovery of downed crewmen, and the role of life support training and training equipment. This paper will address the phase between shootdown and parachute landing of the 207 ejections/extractions/bailouts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 03, 1974
Accession Number
ADA127048

Entities

People

  • Robert H. Shannon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Asia
  • Biological Sciences
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ejection
  • Ejection Seats
  • Lower Extremity
  • Southeast Asia
  • Survival
  • Survival Equipment
  • Survival Kits
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.