The US Air Force "Pave Eagle" Aircraft
Not many people know about the QU-22. Even fewer people are still around who were associated with the USAF "Pave Eagle" program under which the QU-22 was developed and employed in South East Asia.
If you have information about any phase of QU-22 history, or can link us to any of the people associated with it, please contact us here.
The first QU-22B pilots were trained on the YQU-22A by instructors who had flown the YQU-22A in Southeast Asia and had returned in the fall of 1969 to set up a training program at Duke Field, Florida.
The last QU-22 operational mission in SEA was flown in September of 1972. After use in military service, many of these aircraft were placed in the civilian market, with a large portion going to training programs in Community Colleges.
As the years have passed it has become more difficult to piece together the story of the QU-22 and the people involved with it.
If you have:
* Experience with the development, operation, maintenance, or restoration of this aircraft, or if you know of someone who does;
* Data pertaining to, or photographs of, this aircraft or associated personnel which you would like to share, with or without credit;
*Information concerning the disposition or current whereabouts of any examples of this type;
please contact one or both of the following:
1968 YQU-22A (6) [FAA 1074]
USAF # / Beech # / Status
68-10531 / CED-1 / *Combat Loss 11 Jun 69, Engine Failure, pilot survived
68-10532 / CED-2 / *Combat Loss 21 Aug 69, Engine Failure, Raymond Fugit *KIA
68-10533 / CED-3 / N52242, private owner, Pardeeville WI 53954
68-10534 / CED-4 / N83475, post-war civilian loss [CFIT], NTSB ATL85FA011
68-10535 / CED-5 / N90524, private owner, Pardeeville WI 53954
68-10536 / CED-6 / N94499, private owner, Tulsa OK 74101 [not used in SEA]
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1969 QU-22B (13) [FAA 1079]
USAF # / Beech # / Status
69-7693 / EB-01 / N75210 Cochise College, Douglas AZ [not used in SEA]
69-7694 / EB-02 / D-M [May Have Been Used by the US Border Patrol]
69-7695 / EB-03 / DN90638, JW Duff, April 1998
69-7696 / EB-04 / N40CA, private owner, Fayetteville GA [not used in SEA]
69-7697 / EB-05 / *Combat Loss 8 Jun 72, Engine Failure, pilot survived
69-7698 / EB-06 / N74TA, private owner, Scottsdale AZ
69-7699 / EB-07 / National Museum of the US Air Force
69-7700 / EB-08 / *Combat Loss 04 Apr 72, Engine Failure, pilot survived
69-7701 / EB-09 / Private owner, Scottsdale AZ
69-7702 / EB-10 / N49893, Community School, Des Moines IA [not used in SEA]
69-7703 / EB-11 / N64285, Registration Pending, Jackpot NV (Feb 03)
69-7704 / EB-12 / N75208, Cochise College, Douglas AZ [not used in SEA]
69-7705 / EB-13 / *Combat Loss 08 Feb 71, Engine Failure, Maj Lenox L. Ratcliff *KIA
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1970 QU-22B (14) [FAA 1079]
USAF # / Beech # / Status
70-1535 / EB-14 / N22QU, private owner 10 Oct 95
70-1536 / EB-15 / N49248, Embry-Riddle, Daytona Beach FL, 1973 (fuselage only)
70-1537 / EB-16 / N64883, Board of Education, Long Island NY
70-1538 / EB-17 / N64884, Board of Education, Long Island NY [Aircraft Destroyed]
70-1539 / EB-18 / N64885, Board of Education, Long Island NY
70-1540 / EB-19 / N267HT, Technical Institute, Waterloo IA
70-1541 / EB-20 / N62247, City of New York, Brooklyn NY
70-1542 / EB-21 / N75209, Cochise College, Douglas AZ
70-1543 / EB-22 / N57939, Community College, Roscommon MI
70-1544 / EB-23 / N18834, Board of Education, Westbury, NY
70-1545 / EB-24 / N57895, Public Schools, Buffalo, NY
70-1546 / EB-25 / *Combat Loss 25 AUG 72, Engine Failure, Lt Lanny A. York *KIA
70-1547 / EB-26 / *Combat Loss 19 AUG 72, Turbulence, pilot survived
70-1548 / EB-27 / *Combat Loss 22 APR 72, Control Failure, pilot survived
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