In Popular Culture
- In the television series The West Wing, White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry flew F-105s for the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing during the Vietnam War. In the third season episode "War Crimes", his mission over Southeast Asia in which he is shot down and evades capture, is depicted.
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