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Saturday, 16 June 2007
RIP: General Robin Olds
Contributed by Bill Faith

Gary "Boomer" Adams emails:

Another of our American legends passes on. I'd like to think I shared some of the airspace in SEA with him when he was Commander of the 'Wolfpack'. Maybe even had him on the end of the boom and didn't know it.

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Legendary fighter pilot Robin Olds dies

6/15/2007 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) -- Legendary fighter pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, died June 14 from congestive heart failure one month short of his 85th birthday.

General Olds, rated a triple ace for having shot down a total of 16 enemy aircraft during World War II and the Vietnam War, served his country in assignments to England, Germany, Libya, Thailand and the United States, in positions of squadron, base, group and wing commander, and assignments to Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"Triple-ace Robin Olds' legendary leadership and heroic service to the cause of freedom have been an inspiration to our nation and our Air Force," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley. "He is one of our 'great captains' and a pioneer of air power.

"He became an ace with 12 aerial victories during World War II, flying P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs, and later shot down 4 MiGs in Vietnam to bring his total to 16. He also led the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing -- the famed "Wolfpack" -- to a record 24 aerial victories, a total unsurpassed by any other wing during the war in Southeast Asia," the general said. ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on June 16, 2007 at 02:18 PM in The American Warrior, US Air Force | Permalink

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