Bulldozer

Nope, 64-14863 was not one of our "Catch A Falling Star" aircraft.

allocated to the 347th W, then 71st RQS

But here's some data on it.

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/64-14863.html

I heard something about a herk going down in Turkey back around 1980, from Dyess. According to this person the acft had an engine come off in flight. 39 or so souls lost according to this mans account. Said he was a former MX officer. Anyone have any specifics or is this even true. I wouldnt have known myself cause I was still chasing teenage girls at the time in HS.

I was assigned to the 463 TAW and I would like to give you the details of the 1980 crash, but I just can't. The crash was classified Top Secret. It was my job to read the classified Top Secret document and lock it up in the safe. I don't know if the document was ever declassified.