Phil Loignon's SR-71 Photo Archive

Capt. Philip G. Loignon, RSO, 9th SRW

Captain Phil G. Loignon flew his first Mach 3 flight in SR-71 #958 on 21 October, 1966 at Beale AFB in California. He qualified as a Reconnaissance System Operator (RSO) on 10 November, 1966; Checkride #153, sequence #037. This collection of early Beale AFB, 1st SRS/99th SRS photos is from his personal collection and was scanned in June, 2001 by David Allison at www.Habu.Org . He has granted permission to repost his photos to the "SR-71 Blackbirds" website. Captain Loignon flew combat sorties in the SR-71 from the OL-8 Kadena AB, Okinawa  location with Major Walbrecht as his pilot. In 1966 and through 1972, he flew over Vietnam and other areas of interest gathering Photo and Elint Intelligence. Captain Loignon logged over 300 Hours in the SR-71. He later wore the maintenance hat and was inducted into the "Royal Order of the Bat Cavers" on 14 December, 1979. Some of these photos were Poloroid originally and the quality is not the best, but they do represent the 1st SRS and the 99th SRS at work in the very early days of flying the Blackbirds. Additionally, some photos were taken during the short-lived 4200th Recon Squadron that later became the 9th SRW. There is also an extensive collection of  photos he provided of the "Crews of the Blackbirds" at this URL:

http://www.sr71.us/crews001.html

Captain Phil G. Loignon is now retired with the rank of Colonel

Major Walbrecht, Captain Loignon

Major Walbrecht, Pilot and Captain Loignon, RSO

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1st and 99th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadrons 
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Philip G. Loignon, SR-71 Reconnaissance System Operator
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Flight Plan for Walbrecht and Loignon on 21 October 1966. Aircraft #958
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Phil Loignon is certified as SR-71 RSO, 21 Nov 1966. Signed Colonel Nelson and General Ryan (CINCSAC)
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Flight Crew Briefing
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Walbrecht
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Loignon, Storrie, Dempster, Watkins, Campbell
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PSD inspects helmet
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VIP Tour
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Early Flight Scheduling Techniques
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Chief of Maintenance Colonel Carl Estes behind desk.
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PSD held class Fams with school children on the pressure suit
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RSO, James Fagg
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Major Asbury
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Ferrell, Unknown
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Campbell, Watkins, Hayes
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26 June 1967 - Bazura, Unk, Unk
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Daubs, Loignon
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Bowen, Minter
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Sowers, Hain
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Loichinger, Unk
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Colonel Confer
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PSD Classroom
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PSD Classroom
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Unk, Locke, Maier, Payne, Fruehauf
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Sowers, Hain
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September 1967 - Coleman, Pugh, Parrish
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Campbell, Kardong, Boot
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Vick, Sheffield
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Unk, Unk, Shoemaker, DeVall
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Locke, Maier, Al Payne
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Bull, Unk, O'Malley
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Martinez
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Loichinger
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Olson
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Coleman
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Major Cottam
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Unknown
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Schmittou, Vick
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Bessette, Shoemaker
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Crew Chief-4200th Recon Squadron
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Colonel Nelson
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Altitude Chamber
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AGE Ground Equipment
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SR's #968, #978
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Side Looking Radar Nose
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Gornick at Maintenance Debriefing
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Walbrecht, Loignon - Two Habu's on fuselage
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Walbrecht, Loignon
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Walbrecht, Loignon - at OL-8, Kadena, Okinawa
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Walbrecht, Loignon-Seven Habu's stenciled on fuselage
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Loignon, Walbrecht, Gornick
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Loignon, Walbrecht, Gornick-Payoff Bet?
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Walbrecht, Loignon - Second hot mission for this aircraft
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Walbrecht, Loignon, Eugene Darby, Crew Chief
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Walbrecht, Loignon Second Hot sortie at the OL
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Another Habu Mission
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Loignon, Confer
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Loignon, Bush
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Colonel Nelson Awards the Air Medal to Capt. Loignon
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Colonel Minter Awards the 2nd Air Medal to Capt. Loignon
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Colonel Hayes Awards the Distinguished Flying Cross to Capt. Loignon
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Bat Cavers Certificate
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No, It is not the KKK but Induction into the "Bat Cavers"- Johnson, Loignon, Walbrecht, Smith
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SLR Imagery, Southwest Arizona

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This entire set of 68 Photos is the copyrighted property of Philip G. Loignon (Reprinted by permission). Copyrighted on August 04, 2001. All rights reserved. Revised on August 31, 2001. All images are Digimarc (C) embedded and may not be reproduced in any format nor stored on any retrieval system without permission of the copyright holder. Web page design and HTML formatting by Leland Haynes, Webmaster, SR-71 Blackbirds. Data derived from the Auburn Files.

 

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