The Don Englebreston Collection

USAF Pilot's Individual Flight Record (Form 5) for Maj. Dean E. Detar, 6th Special Operations Squadron, June 1969

USAF Pilot's Individual Flight Record (Form 5) for Maj. Dean E. Detar, 6th Special Operations Squadron, June 1969

This official USAF Individual Flight Record documents the flying hours and combat sorties of Major Dean E. Detar, a pilot with the 6th Special Operations Squadron, during June 1969. The form tracks his time in A-1G, A-1H, and A-1J Skyraider variants along with a T-39 support aircraft, logging day, night, and instrument flight hours as well as landings and combat sorties. Records like this offer a precise, quantifiable window into the operational tempo of Air Commando pilots flying close air support and special operations missions during the Vietnam War. Project: 218922