Robin Olds
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Robin Olds was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 17 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general, after 30 years of service.
Olds at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand, c. September 1967
Olds as a cadet in West Point
P-38J Lightning
Olds' P-51 Scat VII (located and registered in Belgium). It survived World War II and is preserved in its wartime color scheme.
Fighter pilot
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A fighter pilot or combat pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting. A fighter pilot with at least five air-to-air kills becomes known as an ace.
Ilmari Juutilainen, a Finnish WWII fighter pilot with Brewster BW-364 "Orange 4" on 26 June 1942 during the Continuation War.
USAF fighter pilots heading to their jets before takeoff (2006)
Sabiha Gökçen in front of a Breguet 19. circa 1937.
Cochran in her record-setting F-86, talking with Charles E. Yeager