[DUMBGRUNT]

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill…against an Iraqi helicopter

https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/the-chopper-popper-scored-the-a-10s-first-air-to-air-kill-against-an-iraqi-helicopter/

After the war, Swain went back to his job flying Boeing 747s for U.S. Air and is still in the Air Force Reserve, now with the rank of Colonel.

[OwenKellogg]

I met the chopper popper as he was crosstraining into C-130s after the war. Great story.