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“Wolfpack” aviators of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing carry their Commanding Officer, Colonel Robin Olds, following his return from his last combat mission over North Vietnam, on 23 September 1967. This mission was his hundredth “official” combat mission, but his actual combat mission total for his tour was 152! COL Olds boldly led the 8th TFW Wolfpack from September 1966 through September 1967, as it amassed 24 MiG victories, the greatest aerial combat record of an F-4 Wing in the Vietnam war.


15 posted on 08/26/2018 4:04:32 PM PDT by TADSLOS (1. DonÂ’t Forget Nothing.)
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To: TADSLOS

https://youtu.be/amkpXBVvQh0


17 posted on 08/26/2018 4:15:58 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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I met General Olds in 2001. He said he got an unpowered kill on an ME-109 when his engines cut out after forgetting to turn the fuel feed on to his internal tanks.


23 posted on 08/26/2018 4:58:29 PM PDT by Frank_Symptoms
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We could use men like that today.


39 posted on 08/26/2018 8:48:22 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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