vtailjeff@aol.com wrote:

  I don't recall any nighttime midair accidents.
  
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Jeff, as I remember the folk lore, the USAF adopted a policy of turning
landing lights on any time below 10,000 ft, day and night, and saw a
significant reduction in mid air collisions with airplanes and birds
during the day and at night...  

Valin