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President's Office
President's office received the following message on a card post-marked Greenville, talked about Major Anderson Jr. fell out of third story widow chasing a pigeon and how he survive it and how he doesn't have any internal injuries. -
Service
The Years he served as a United States Air Force was 1948-1962 -
Took the Oath of enlistment that states
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic; That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; And that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, so help me God.
Major Rudolf Anderson Jr. took that Oath and did his part. -
Beganing operational career
He flying RF-86 Sabres and earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses for reconnaissance missions during the Korean War. After qualifying on the U-2 on September 3, 1957, "he became the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's top U-2 pilot with over one thousand hours, making him a vital part of the United States' -
Top secret
Anderson was selected to fly the top secret, high flying U-2 reconnaissance plane, often flying at altitudes higher than 72,000 feet for extended periods of time. -
Part of the Solivent Union
Anderson was apart of the 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance. -
Headquarters
headquartered at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas -
Major Rudolf Anderson Jr
Streaked through the stratosphere -
Got shot down by a Soviet-supplied
Anderson took off in a U-2F from a forward operating location at McCoy Air Force Base in Orlando, Florida. Then he got shot down by a Soviet-supplied S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile near Banes, Cuba. -
Last mission for Major Anderson Jr.
His last mission was one he had volunteered for -
Death Of Major Rudolf Anderson Jr
Anderson was killed when shrapnel from the exploding proximity warhead punctured his pressure suit, causing it to decompress at high altitude.