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Robin Olds: Fighter Pilot and Triple Ace

Dominic Oto

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Description:General Robin Olds was the son of a World War I fighter pilot. His earliest memories were the sound of aircraft starting in the early morning. Two years before the United States entered World War II, he tried to enlist in Britain's Royal Air Force, but at 17-years-old he was too young. A year later, he went to West Point, where he played football and made All-American. He was one of the most natural fighter pilots his instructors had ever seen. A kid who seemed to meld with his plane as a single being. On his first combat mission, he shot down two German fighters. By the end of the World War II, he destroyed 13 German planes in the air and 11 more on the ground. He sat out Korea, but in Vietnam, he flew more than 150 combat missions. He was a hard-drinking, hard-cussing officer who didn't bother to hide his contempt for the limitations that politicians had placed on the Vietnam War."I think he ruffled feathers," said historian Jeff Underwood, "and made people very uncomfortable. Because often what he said was true, and the opposite of what people expected a man of his rank to say." The Air Force brass respected him so much, they made him the Commandant of the Air Force Academy, hoping that he would pass his passion and tactical brilliance on to the next generation of Air Force officers. He is Brigadier General Robin Olds, and he is a legend of American Airpower.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Robin Olds: Fighter Pilot and Triple Ace. To get started finding Robin Olds: Fighter Pilot and Triple Ace, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: General Robin Olds was the son of a World War I fighter pilot. His earliest memories were the sound of aircraft starting in the early morning. Two years before the United States entered World War II, he tried to enlist in Britain's Royal Air Force, but at 17-years-old he was too young. A year later, he went to West Point, where he played football and made All-American. He was one of the most natural fighter pilots his instructors had ever seen. A kid who seemed to meld with his plane as a single being. On his first combat mission, he shot down two German fighters. By the end of the World War II, he destroyed 13 German planes in the air and 11 more on the ground. He sat out Korea, but in Vietnam, he flew more than 150 combat missions. He was a hard-drinking, hard-cussing officer who didn't bother to hide his contempt for the limitations that politicians had placed on the Vietnam War."I think he ruffled feathers," said historian Jeff Underwood, "and made people very uncomfortable. Because often what he said was true, and the opposite of what people expected a man of his rank to say." The Air Force brass respected him so much, they made him the Commandant of the Air Force Academy, hoping that he would pass his passion and tactical brilliance on to the next generation of Air Force officers. He is Brigadier General Robin Olds, and he is a legend of American Airpower.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Robin Olds: Fighter Pilot and Triple Ace. To get started finding Robin Olds: Fighter Pilot and Triple Ace, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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