[Imal]

If one tenth of what this article says is true, I'd be honored to place flowers at Colonel Boyd's grave myself.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...I wonder how far away Hero JOHN BOYD's Graves sits from HILLARY RODHAM Murder Victim RON BROWN's..?

[tet68]

Odd article, lots of loaded words.

[Valin]

I can't recomend this book
(John Boyd -
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of Warfare
by
Robert Coram) highly enough!
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get real ticked off.

[Arkie2]

Too bad the F-16 is really ineffective. It proved to be a poor bomber, it's primary role, in the Gulf War and received one of the lowest ratings of any weapons systems after that war. It seems from this article that Col Boyds largest contribution was the F-16 and if that's so, his legacy won't be that of a great innovater. I think there must be more to his story though, just not brought forth in this article.

[alfa6]

For your further consideration:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/803820/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/813928/posts

Two more article regarding Col. Boyd. IMHO the first one is the best of the lot.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[DakotaGator]

There's always a bubbling undercurrent of ideas in the armed forces. Among the officer corps of all services, this is most common in the mid-grades, O-3 thru O-5.

Make no mistake, most "soldier on" and do their duty. But the few; envision, develop, and advance the art of war. They almost always do this behind the scene without official sanction. Rarely do they make it to Flag rank. But the changes they make are seismic.

John Boyd was one of the best of them.