And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
BTW, on a serious note: F-4 tail number 63-7656 "with 497th TFS, 8th TFT shot down by unknown gunfire while attacking boats near Ba Don, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam Mar 3, 1967. Crew MIA" Unit: The Night Owls Station: Ubon Thailand '65-'74.
"Major Floyd W. Richardson was the pilot, and Lt.Col. Charles D. Roby the weapons/systems operator of an F4C Phantom fighter/bomber dispatched on a combat mission over North Vietnam on March 3, 1967. At a point near Ba Don in Quang Binh Province, the aircraft was shot down. Neither man was recovered, and both were classified Missing in Action. When American prisoners were released from POW camps in 1973, Richardson and Roby were not among them. The Vietnamese denied any knowledge of them. Then in late 1989, it was announced that the Vietnamese had "discovered" the remains of Richardson and Roby and had returned them to U.S. control. For these two pilots, at least, the war was finally over.
Richardson and Roby were among nearly 2500 who remained unaccounted for at the end of the war. Of this number, nearly 100 were known to have been prisoners of war, yet were not returned. Others were mentioned by name by the Vietnamese to other U.S. prisoners, yet did not return. Military authorities were horrified in 1973 that "hundreds" thought to be prisoner were not released."
It's amazing what you can find out on the internet with a few mouse clicks.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air ....
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever eagle flew— And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
If you think that's something, wait till you see him check the oil and the tire pressure.
ReplyDeleteyeah,,, right. LOL.
ReplyDeleteNot a single hair on his head mussed up - a TRUE professional!!
ReplyDeleteMilitary really had balls back then.
DeleteLooks like AOC’s EV Air Force getting an inflight recharge, like a Tesla towing a diesel generator.
ReplyDeleteFucking New Jersey. He should have waited 2 minutes until he was over Delaware.
ReplyDeleteIn Jersey, the attendant pumps your gas . Over Delaware, the pilot would have to pump it himself .
DeleteIn Delaware, he could have flown up and mated with the refueling boom all by himself.
DeleteGood One!!!! LMAO
ReplyDeleteCoffee well spewed.
ReplyDeleteEvil Franklin
"Give me 50 cents worth of regular
ReplyDeleteCheck my oil too if you have time
Put some air in my tires won't you mister
Wash my windows too if you don't mind."
Old Merle Haggard song playing in my head...
No coin changer, really?
ReplyDeleteThat pic is in Brian Williams' bio, of when he was in the Air Farce.
ReplyDeleteBTW, on a serious note:
ReplyDeleteF-4 tail number 63-7656
"with 497th TFS, 8th TFT shot down by unknown gunfire while attacking boats near Ba Don, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam Mar 3, 1967. Crew MIA"
Unit: The Night Owls
Station: Ubon Thailand '65-'74.
"Major Floyd W. Richardson was the pilot, and Lt.Col. Charles D. Roby the
weapons/systems operator of an F4C Phantom fighter/bomber dispatched on a
combat mission over North Vietnam on March 3, 1967. At a point near Ba Don
in Quang Binh Province, the aircraft was shot down. Neither man was
recovered, and both were classified Missing in Action.
When American prisoners were released from POW camps in 1973, Richardson and Roby were not among them. The Vietnamese denied any knowledge of them. Then in late 1989, it was announced that the Vietnamese had "discovered" the
remains of Richardson and Roby and had returned them to U.S. control. For
these two pilots, at least, the war was finally over.
Richardson and Roby were among nearly 2500 who remained unaccounted for at
the end of the war. Of this number, nearly 100 were known to have been
prisoners of war, yet were not returned. Others were mentioned by name by
the Vietnamese to other U.S. prisoners, yet did not return. Military
authorities were horrified in 1973 that "hundreds" thought to be prisoner
were not released."
It's amazing what you can find out on the internet with a few mouse clicks.
references:
https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/r/r015.htm
https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=UnitHistoryDetail&type=UnitHistory&ID=9838
https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1963.html
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Think a portion of the folks who disappeared (MIA) volunteered to help out in Laos.
DeleteDid he clean the windshield?
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