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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] He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general, after 30 years of service.
William A. Sayers writing in 2019 asserted that North Vietnam only had three aces in the war including Phạm Thanh Ngân, with the other "aces" being creations of North Vietnamese propaganda that included claimed "kills" on days where no U.S. losses occurred, crediting VPAF pilots with kills that had actually been achieved by surface to air ...
Ravens with a T-28D Trojan at Long Tieng, Laos, 1970. The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known as The Ravens, were fighter pilots (special operations capable) unit used as forward air controllers (FACs) in a clandestine and covert operation in conjunction with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Laos during America's Vietnam War.
Vietnam War: 1967–1987 F-4 Phantom II: First American ace of the Vietnam War. [32] Nguyen Van Coc: Democratic Republic of Vietnam: Vietnam War: 1961–2002 7–9 MiG-17 and MiG-21: From seven to nine victories on US-crewed aircraft, as well as two drones. [33] [34] Legesse Tefera: Ethiopia: Ogaden War: 7 Northrop F-5
He taught air-to-air tactics from 1970 to 1972 to the best USAF pilots, including Major Robert Lodge, who later became his flight leader in Thailand and himself shot down three MiGs. [4] Ritchie volunteered for a second combat tour in 1972 and was assigned to the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
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Phạm Tuân ([faːm˧ˀ˨ʔ twɜn˨˩] born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnamese Air Force fighter pilot and cosmonaut.He became the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, [1] and the first person of Asian origin to be in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos research cosmonaut.
Lea Gabrielle, American fighter pilot turned journalist, Correspondent for Fox News Channel; Rajiv Gandhi, prime minister of India 1984–1989, son of India's first female prime minister Indira Gandhi; David Gilmour, English musician, best known as the guitarist, lead singer and one of the songwriters in the rock band Pink Floyd