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Robin Olds [1] (born Robert Oldys Jr.; July 14, 1922 – June 14, 2007) 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. [2]
The year of 1967 started badly for the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF). During the early years of the war, the rules of engagement prevented U.S. fighter-bombers from hitting North Vietnamese air bases, and that allowed North Vietnamese fighter pilots to attack American bomber formations as they were approaching their targets, thereby forcing U.S. pilots to jettison their bomb loads before ...
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Robert Olds (June 15, 1896 – April 28, 1943) was a general officer in the United States Army Air Forces, theorist of strategic air power, and proponent of an independent United States Air Force. Olds is best known today as the father of Brig. Gen. Robin Olds , a " triple ace " fighter pilot of World War II and the Vietnam War .
Current Service Dress uniforms worn by senior general officers and the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. The current U.S. Air Force Service Dress Uniform, which was initially adopted in 1994 and made mandatory on 1 October 1999, consists of a three-button coat with silver-colored buttons featuring a design known as "Hap Arnold wings", matching trousers (women may choose to wear a ...
Former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Robin Windsor has died aged 44. Tributes are rolling in for the star , who joined the BBC competition in 2010, and participated in four series up ...
Jarvis Offutt – U.S. Army Air Service aviator and namesake of Offutt Air Force Base; Robin Olds – Two-war triple flying ace; George Olesen – Cartoonist; Patrick O'Neal – Film actor; Robert Osborne – Actor, film historian and author best known as the primary host of the cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for more than 20 years
The death of Robin Williams silenced one of Hollywood's greatest and funniest voices.From sitcoms like "Mork and Mindy," to the touching and inspiring "Dead Poet's Society," Williams was an actor ...