Nevada Senator Howard Cannon becomes the first non-active military duty flyer to pilot the newest and fastest tactical fighter in the Air Force the F-111A. He was a Major General in the Air Force Reserve and compiled over 5,000 hours as a command pilot. In this photo Senator Cannon is in a helmet in the cockpit of the F-111a after his flight at Nellis Air Force Base in October 1967. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)