“Top Gun”

                                                  3 MARCH 1969                                                      “TOP GUN” During the Korean Conflict US warplanes dogfought MiG-15s, with the superior American jets and well-trained US pilots scoring kill ratios as high as 12:1.  But by the Vietnam War two decades later, Communist aircraft technology had Read More

Cunningham vs. “Col Tomb”

                                                   10 MAY 1972                                    CUNNINGHAM vs. “COL TOMB” The title of “ace” has never been officially recognized by the US military.  It originated in the French air force of WWI for whom it was a formal honor conferred on pilots downing five Read More