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R. Stephen Ritchie (pilot) [7] United States USAF 5 F-4 Phantom II Jeffrey S. Feinstein (WSO) [8] United States USAF 5 F-4 Phantom II Le Quang Trung † [9] North Vietnam VPAF 5 MiG-17, MiG-19: Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa: North Vietnam VPAF 5 MiG-21 Nguyễn Phi Hung † [1]: 131 North Vietnam VPAF 5 MiG-17 Võ Văn Mẫn † [1]: 51 North Vietnam VPAF 5
He is best known as an air show display pilot, who flew for nearly 50 years until his retirement in 1999. [1] Referred to as the "pilot's pilot", Hoover revolutionized modern aerobatic flying and has been described in many aviation circles as one of the greatest pilots of all time.
Yeager is referred to by many as one of the greatest pilots of all time, and was ranked fifth on Flying 's list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation in 2013. Throughout his life, he flew more than 360 different types of aircraft over a 70-year period, and continued to fly for two decades after retirement as a consultant pilot for the United States Air ...
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Robin Olds [1] (born Robert Oldys Jr.; July 14, 1922 – June 14, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 17 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. [2]
May 1915 – 1 November 1918 1914–1918 1937–1940 75 Caudron G III, SPAD VII, SPAD XII and SPAD XIII: All-time Allied ace of aces, with 75 confirmed aerial victories. [4] [page needed] [5] [6] Oswald Boelcke: German Empire: 15 August 1914 – 28 October 1916 1911–1916 Fokker E.I, Fokker E.III, Fokker E.IV, Fokker D.III, Albatros D.I and ...
The South Vietnam Air Force, officially the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF; Vietnamese: Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH; French: Force aérienne vietnamienne, FAVN) (sometimes referred to as the Vietnam Air Force or VNAF), was the aerial branch of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, the official military of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975.