Real life "top gun" pilot shot four Soviet jets in 1952, story classified for 50 years

Don’t you mean “the enemy”?

ETA: holy crap this was actually in the article

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In 1953, Williams was awarded a Silver Star, but the citation made no reference to Soviet aircraft, just “enemy” ones.

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Following the battle, Williams was personally interviewed by several high-ranking Navy admirals, the Secretary of Defense, and also the President, after which he was instructed to not talk about his engagement as officials feared the incident might cause a devastating increase of tensions between the US and Soviet Union, and possibly ignite World War Three,”

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His heroics went all the way to the top, then they quickly put a lid on it.

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A US Defense Department account of the incident also notes that US forces were trying out new communications intercept equipment that day. It was feared that revealing the Soviet role in the combat would have compromised that US’ advantage.

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"Badass.... but can he ride a dirt bike off a mountain cliff with a parachute?"

Arrogantly yours,
Tom Cruise

In a F9F no less against four MiG-15’s. 1v4 is bad enough, but the F9F was severely outclassed as the Navy had deck limitations and was less focused on air-to-air. There is an interview with him on YouTube. That guy had ice in his veins.

Russia cucks (who ironically also hate communism) won’t know how to handle this

"pacemakers" another squadron that long ago went away

Cute. But the Ghost of Kiev almost killed the entire Russian army.

My cousin was essentially a top gun pilot and flew all over the world, and was one of first fighter jets that lead the attack on Iraq etc.

He used to say the Russians were always trying to mess up the radar in his jets, etc trying to get them to fly into their space etc that went far beyond to gun stuff. I ask him had he ever been in actual fire fight with them he said “he hadn’t but played chicken with them more times than he could count”

Still a badarse!