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

Posted on 1/21/23 at 4:24 pm to
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
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Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 4:24 pm to
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Ted Williams crash landed a Panther in Korea after being hit by anti aircraft fire. Ted served in the same squad as John Glenn.
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Posted on 1/21/23 at 4:31 pm to
If y’all are interested you should read Scream of Eagles by Robert K. Wilcox.

About the beginnings of Top Gun during the Vietnam war. The initial cadre being a bunch hard drinking Korean War vets that still knew how to dog fight. Pretty crazy stories.
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