When Pilot Lieutenant Jim Lloyd launched from USS Saratoga on a Vietnam War reconnaissance mission, a SAM missile hit his A-7 Corsair, forcing him to eject over enemy territory. Pursued by the ...

He received his initial training in the A-7E Corsair II light attack aircraft at NAS Lemoore, Calif. Hoewing served with Attack Squadrons 147, 122 and 94, and completed several western Pacific ...