8th Tactical Fighter Wing RAPID ROGER

RAPID ROGER was a USAF 8th Tactical Fighter Wing field test exercise that began on 6 Aug 1966 to increase the number of F-4C Phantom II aircraft sorties in Vietnam. The same airplanes that flew day missions were to be reconfigured to fly night missions, then switched back for daylight attacks the following morning which required heavy maintenance work because the aircraft were configured so differently. The "operationally ready" rate for aircraft dropped from 73.8 to 54.3 percent.