Boeing delivers the first basic production version of the E-3A Sentry AWACS (No. 75- 0557) to Tinker AFB, Okla. (The base would hold an official arrival ceremony on March 24.)
The dramatic and sprawling two-day operation to save the crew of an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran on April 3 involved hundreds of personnel, dozens of aircraft—and multiple close calls.
