American training.
So Russia attacked the US?
Seems we owe them some karma, don’t we?
This story makes me smile. These were the days when men were men. You can see in one of the pictures in the article how he’s regaling the men of his story, smiling and gesturing. There’s pride there. Pride for what he did, pride for his country, pride for his training. That pride is called “the patriarchy” nowadays.
How I long for the days of pride in what we do. God bless Captain Williams.
There was another Williams who flew F9’s in Korean. (Ted.)
Quite a story.
Will Issa be at the ceremony, or will he still be in Davos participating in the Woke Economic Forum?
The story admits that his gun cameras say 4 kills for sure. They admit that records show he was engaged by 7 migs, and that 7 migs took off that day, and one made it home. 4 shot down, 1 crashed from damage on way home, and one just disappeared.
I bet Tom Cruise makes a Maverick prequel where this guy is his father.
Thanks for the post.
The expression of Williams in front of the plane with his name on it, says it all.
Brave men like him should always be respected and remembered.
But now it’s OK to antagonize Russia. We get it.
Seems the Navy has done a lot of things they ordered to disappear
On paper it is true
Pilots always make the difference
Navy Cross?
Hell, he should get the Medal of Honor!!..........................
So Russian pilots over North Korea rather than the usual Chinese or North Korean. I didn’t see how he identified them as Russian during the fight unless his gun camera footage showed the marked as Russian.
Captain Royce Williams on for the record books outstanding.
I spent a lot of time in and on a Grumman F9F Panther. Of course, it was the retired aircraft parked at Lion’s Park in Costa Mesa, California, and I was a little kid when I climbed all over it.
It seems like we keep a lot of our so called military history quiet for about 60+ years.
A friend, who keeps track of former military action like this episode, feels that we will be told more about:
The Cuban Missile, Crisis and the Castros and their killer agents post Cuban Missile Crisis and the various actions on their part and our part in the Caribbean.
JFK being killed.
Realities of LBJ re his presidential wars/crimes:
Gulf of Tonkin, US Liberty being attacked, the Pueblo being captured and military action in countries around N. VietNam and other Nam battles/Issues.
U2 flights over mainland China and Russia.
The Russins also said a 5th crashed on landing and a 6th never was seen again. I say that makes it 5.