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Bud Day Misty pilot

F-100 Misty pilot and Sioux City, Iowa native Maj. Bud Day’s name painted on the side of a U.S. Air Force F-100C Super Sabre, at the Eglin Air Force Base Armament Museum on October 24, 2023. The aircraft tail number 54-1986 was last assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Fighter Group in Day’s hometown of Sioux City, Iowa. Tail 986 was flown as part of the 37th Tactical Fighter Group at Phu Cat air base during the Iowa Air National Guard unit’s year-long deployment to Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

PHOTO BY: Vincent De Groot
VIRIN: 231024-Z-KZ880-1034.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON D750

LENS

28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6

APERTURE

63/10

SHUTTERSPEED

10/25000

ISO

320

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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