GEN Robin Olds
For anyone familiar in any way, shape or form with military aviation in general and WW2 and Vietnam Air Force aviation in particular, that name will ring a loud bell.
General Olds, as a young lieutenant in the Second World War flying P-51 Mustangs, shot down 13 German planes and destroyed 11.5 others on the ground. As a Colonel in Vietnam, he added four MiGs for a total of 17 kills.
Blackfive reports that General Olds is quite ill. Some good tributes and recollections over there.
My own contribution is this article on Robin Olds in Vietnam.
Clenched fist salute: Cdr Salamander.
Robin Olds - final flight
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