Vietnam Veteran Pilot Discovers Jet At Museum

Vietnam pilot finds his former plane in museum
WAFB News
Posted: Jun 12, 2015

The fighter jet Nathan "Sonny" Kifer last flew in 1971 ended up in a

military aviation museum in Monroe, LA.

(Source: KNOE/Nathan Kifer/Chennault Aviation and Military Museum/CBS)

MONROE, LA (KNOE/CBS) - In a chance reunion, a Vietnam veteran found a piece of his military history on display at Chennault Aviation and Military Museum.

Nathan "Sonny" Kifer used to stand on top of his roof watching crop dusters fly by when he was in grade school.

"I've just always loved flying," Kifer said.

Knowing one day he'd be a pilot, the Newellton, LA, native joined the Navy reserves and spent two years serving in the Vietnam War.

Museum staff happened to have a picture of the plane in the air.

"I pulled down here and talked to the guy, told him I flew A-7s in the Navy," Kifer said. "I got cold chills just thinking about it."

He checked flight logs and found it was his plane. He had flown it 18 times and logged 36 total hours in it.
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