Dark Docs. The Son Tay Raid - Vietnam War Special Forces. Posted: March 31, 2025 | Last updated: May 7, 2025. A special task force of the USAF trained for several weeks for the raid.

Nov. 21 marked the 50th anniversary of the Son Tay Raid near Hanoi in North Vietnam, meant to rescue and return about 70 American prisoners of war. Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jay Strayer, who was ...

Smith’s F-105 fighter jet had been shot down, forcing him to spend time in Son Tay prison before the raid. He was repatriated in 1973. Related: DELTA FORCE’S JUMP HATER’S CLUB: NOT ALL ...

Nearly 44 years ago, 50 U.S. Special Forces Soldiers took part in a military operation to raid a Vietnamese prison and rescue American Prisoners of War. Each volunteered to take part in a secret ...

The raid was an attempt to rescue prisoners of war being held at the Son Tay camp, roughly 23 miles from the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. The raid was one of the largest joint operations ...

While the prisoners of war at the Son Tay camp had been moved and ... Middleton was not a part of the raid that happened on Nov. 21, 1970, ...

The HH-3 helicopter Banana 1 after deliberately crash landing inside the Son Tay camp, November 22, 1970. US Air Force 2020-12-08T23:49:00Z ...

Training for the raid on the Son Tay prison camp, dubbed Operation Ivory Coast and described as one of the most daring missions ever conducted by U.S. military forces, was held at Eglin Air Force ...

The Son Tay Raid is one of the most famous rescue missions of the Vietnam War. Son Tay was a prisoner of war camp near the town of Son Tay in North Vietnam, just 23 miles west of Hanoi, the ...

A new documentary about the raid, “Kingpin: 27 minutes at Son Tay,” is in post-production and features interviews with some of the special operators who were there. Terry L. Buckler was the ...