secondary targets are still...
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"*Photo: Congratulated by USS CONSTELLATION CO, CAPT T. J. Walker upon making the 5,000th arrested landing aboard CVA-64. Aug '62"
4 years, 5000 landing in peacetime? Is that optempo normal today?
On his shootdown: having your single engine take an 85mm AA round is the end of a bad day.
And the start of a worse day.
247 combat missions?(!) FbF material indeed. (And a Robin Olds mustache, Mustangs for the win.)
Here is a good link to the audio...
https://soundcloud.com/user-775736771/busy-bee-604-shootdown-25-june-1966
Where’s the story?
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"*Photo: Congratulated by USS CONSTELLATION CO, CAPT T. J. Walker upon making the 5,000th arrested landing aboard CVA-64. Aug '62"
4 years, 5000 landing in peacetime? Is that optempo normal today?
On his shootdown: having your single engine take an 85mm AA round is the end of a bad day.
And the start of a worse day.
247 combat missions?(!) FbF material indeed. (And a Robin Olds mustache, Mustangs for the win.)
Here is a good link to the audio...
https://soundcloud.com/user-775736771/busy-bee-604-shootdown-25-june-1966
Where’s the story?