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Pretty cool. Never read about this guy. Video is a tad wonky, some of the pictures dont seem to be in sink with the audio. But good story none the less | ||
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Altitude Minimum |
Robin Olds... | |||
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Old Air Cavalryman |
Yes indeed. My hats' off to that gentleman and killer of the sky.  "Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me." | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Operation Bolo, well done! | |||
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| Altitude Minimum |
Friend of mine’s father was in BOLO. Everett Rasberry..still quite a character.... | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
And a MIG KILLER to boot! Very cool! | |||
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Now and Zen |
Some people believe that he became an ace during the Vietnam War, but the credit was given to other pilots, so that the Air Force wouldn’t reassign him to the U.S.. He did fudge on how many missions he actually flew for just that reason. He wanted to stay in theater leading his men for as long as he could get away with it. We could use more men like him. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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and believes he is the only man to shoot down a (German) plane while in the glide...remarkable... (he was so excited that when he dropped his tanks he failed to turn on his internal fuel tanks and both engines quit on his P-38) he was not afraid to speak his mind... Bill Fast is Fine...Accuracy is Final *SiGARMS GSR Revolution STX *SiG/Sauer*P220*P226*P228*P230*P245*SPC2009*P365 NRA Benefactor Life/LEAA Life Membership | |||
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| Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated  |
Very interesting. Thanks for posting. "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP! | |||
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I looked up BOLO on Youtube and found this (your friend's father is interviewed in it) | |||
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| The Constable |
Should have allowed him to run the Air War in VN not Mac Namara and Johnson. | |||
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| Happiness is Vectored Thrust  |
Robin Olds - a legend for anyone interested in air combat. Truly a great man. There is an excellent book abut his life. Fighter Pilot, written by Ed Rasimus, a former Thud and Phantom driver who wrote several books on his flying experiences as well. Fighter Pilot Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew. | |||
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He was the right man, at the right place, at the right time."Fighter Pilot" covers his life from West Point through his retirement from USAF. Excellent book if your interested in such things. | |||
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| Altitude Minimum |
Just an update. Col. Rasberry passed peacefully in his sleep last Thursday morning. A life very well lived! | |||
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Friend's family, are friends with Old's in Colorado; her father flew with Olds. Uncle Robin as he was known to them, was the bigger than life uncle/family friend. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
He's sort of the Chesty Puller of the Air Force. A legend within the service but not well known outside of it. | |||
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RIP Col Rasberry | |||
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Yes, once again politicians cause service members to lose their lives. Thank god we have Trump, who came at a most opportune moment in our history. -c1steve | |||
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I've spoken to several men who flew with Gen Olds, and they said he did shoot down at least 5 MiGs over 'Nam. . . I had the honor of meeting Gen Olds in 2005. I'm still kicking myself that I never asked him personally about how many 'real' kills he had. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Political Cynic |
peripherally related, a few weeks back I was staying at Luke AFB taking an AF Search and Rescue Course (learning Search Theory), and I was staying in base housing on Bong Avenue. My first pick up driver (a Captain) was commenting on how it was funny to have a street named Bong on a military installation. I told him it was named after a WW2 pilot who initially trained at Luke before going to the Pacific and he was credited with 40 kills he said he learned something new every day - and it sucked that it had to come from a civilian  [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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