Wow, 5 Mig kills! Sometimes someone sets a record so high and great, it will absolutely bever be broken. This is one of them. Just amazing. My hats off to the guy.
"Last pilot ace"? At the time of this writing, Chuck Yeager is still alive. Not only shot down 5 German planes in one day (WW2) but became the first person to break the sound barrier (and survived).
Nick Breen What you heard is absolutely wrong. No flight crewmember is going to eject himself into enemy territory unless the aircraft is in danger of going down. You should definitely check your sources. If you could share a more specific source, I would like to see exactly what you’re talking about.
Yes, it must have happened if the Pilots came up with a phrase for it. I guess a wizzo must have thought his goose was cooked and punched out only to see his F4, perfectly airworthy, flying away.
they're really good these war stories but you never know how much they're exaggerating, i bet it wasn't as impressive as they make out, i could be very wrong in fact i hope i am wrong, these guys have balls of steel to go up there putting their life on the line, that's the impressive bit to me. thanks for the upload.
I agree, so close apart that the debris lightly damaged his own left wing suggest there was some debris around in air when trailing that hit his wing, not that he dived through the explosion of the "kill" as in the animated version..
Nick Breen oh yeah fair point, i still think there's little details they exaggerate just to impress people, for example he says he could see the pilot from 1000 feet away when they're passing at 1200 mph? that's a bit unbelievable, and because of that i wonder what else are they exaggerating. Nothing really wrong with it, they're making the story sound good i suppose. thanks for your reply, you're a helpful geezer. peace
Magnus Bekkengen they just little white lies to make the story sound good, nothing wrong with it, these guys have my up most respect for the job they do, like i said balls of steel.
they were great at what they were doing but it´s no Hollywood blockbuster. Also, just saying it´s a kill is just cold, There where a pilot from a different country in a brand new jet fighting after that mans moral.
I don't agree. Nixon pulled the Army out of Vietnam. There was a concerted effort to control the skies over Vietnam in 1972. Both the Navy and Air Force wanted an Ace. Russia sent more MIGs to Vietnam because we were building up to Linebacker II. B-52 raids needed protection. MIGCAPS increased. Russian pilots were flying some missions. Cunningham was the first Ace, Ritchie the 2nd Ace.
Wow, 5 Mig kills! Sometimes someone sets a record so high and great, it will absolutely bever be broken. This is one of them. Just amazing. My hats off to the guy.
"Last pilot ace"? At the time of this writing, Chuck Yeager is still alive. Not only shot down 5 German planes in one day (WW2) but became the first person to break the sound barrier (and survived).
Ritchie was the last American pilot to become an Ace, not the last living ace.
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Awesome.. read a book called And Kill Migs by Lou Drendel
This is great but it completely leaves out the WSO Chuck DeBellevue. He was certainly a part of the action.
From what I have heard the wizzos always eject during combat.......... See 'DWE' and 'DWEA'
Nick Breen What you heard is absolutely wrong. No flight crewmember is going to eject himself into enemy territory unless the aircraft is in danger of going down. You should definitely check your sources.
If you could share a more specific source, I would like to see exactly what you’re talking about.
It is a pilot joke.
Nick Breen well crap, I totally missed that. In that light it’s hilarious.
Yes, it must have happened if the Pilots came up with a phrase for it. I guess a wizzo must have thought his goose was cooked and punched out only to see his F4, perfectly airworthy, flying away.
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they're really good these war stories but you never know how much they're exaggerating, i bet it wasn't as impressive as they make out, i could be very wrong in fact i hope i am wrong, these guys have balls of steel to go up there putting their life on the line, that's the impressive bit to me. thanks for the upload.
It is verified by wing-men and tracking radar. Later recon flights will photo crash sites. So I don't think they would get away with false claims.
I agree, so close apart that the debris lightly damaged his own left wing suggest there was some debris around in air when trailing that hit his wing, not that he dived through the explosion of the "kill" as in the animated version..
Nick Breen oh yeah fair point, i still think there's little details they exaggerate just to impress people, for example he says he could see the pilot from 1000 feet away when they're passing at 1200 mph? that's a bit unbelievable, and because of that i wonder what else are they exaggerating. Nothing really wrong with it, they're making the story sound good i suppose. thanks for your reply, you're a helpful geezer. peace
Magnus Bekkengen they just little white lies to make the story sound good, nothing wrong with it, these guys have my up most respect for the job they do, like i said balls of steel.
they were great at what they were doing but it´s no Hollywood blockbuster. Also, just saying it´s a kill is just cold, There where a pilot from a different country in a brand new jet fighting after that mans moral.
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You mean the 555th squadron?....
Indeed it was the 555th. I was an F4 electrician in 1972 & 1973 in the 432nd FMS at Udorn when Ritchie became an Ace.
His "perfect mission"... He Killed 5 - 10 people....
That's war.
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Hmm, by 1968 we had destroyed the best Mig pilots. What these AF jockey's did later was only cleanup at best. Sorry.
I don't agree. Nixon pulled the Army out of Vietnam. There was a concerted effort to control the skies over Vietnam in 1972. Both the Navy and Air Force wanted an Ace. Russia sent more MIGs to Vietnam because we were building up to Linebacker II. B-52 raids needed protection. MIGCAPS increased. Russian pilots were flying some missions. Cunningham was the first Ace, Ritchie the 2nd Ace.