Navy pilot who shot down R MIGs

[Dave Siciliano]

All Hands mag talks about a top secret encounter now declassified.

https://www.facebook.com/AllHandsMagazine/videos/312394789485409/

[Tom Charlton]

All Hands mag talks about a top secret encounter now declassified.
https://www.facebook.com/AllHandsMag...2394789485409/

Hi Dave,
Thanks for sharing that. What a personal burden it must be to contain a story like that. Got to be tons of stories like this. Thinking of countless Special Forces operations out on the end of a very long branch. Virtually all of our submarine operations. (Sub novel fan-boy)
Likely Señor Siciliano has a tale or three held in reserve. Although I loved the one bout printing money<g>.

Regards,
Tom Charlton (whose only classified missions involve one or two bars in a land far away and a time long ago<g>)

[Dave Siciliano]

In this day of mass media attention and self aggrandizement, it's nice to hear of folks that did things like this without seeking attention.

[Jeff Hartmann]

In this day of mass media attention and self aggrandizement, it's nice to hear of folks that did things like this without seeking attention.

Incredible story, through Korea and Viet Nam.
I did get a kick out of the number of different type airplanes in the video... F9F, F86, maybe a Skyray?... and the Mig 15s.

[Terry Carraway]

Virtually all of our submarine operations. (Sub novel fan-boy)

I assume you have read Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

I assume you have read Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Fabulous book, that is.

[Dave Siciliano]

I'll put that on my list.

[Tom Charlton]

I assume you have read Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Hi Terry,
Checking my books spreadsheet: Yup, six years ago. Thinking I just might light it up again on the Kindle. Thanks for the reminder.

Submarine operations may well be the ultimate cat -n- mouse game. I blame T. Clancy for my addiction.

Somewhat claustrophobic, I’d likely not be suited for the undersea life but what they do is very fascinating.

Regards,
Tom Charlton

[B.Butler]

<<Tom Clancy...addiction>>

Watched it again last night.

[Ray Tackett]

Incredible story, through Korea and Viet Nam.
I did get a kick out of the number of different type airplanes in the video... F9F, F86, maybe a Skyray?... and the Mig 15s.

Given that we're talking about a Navy pilot, might the F-86 actually be an FJ-2 or FJ-3? Similar looking, but quite different, including folding wings.

[Jeff Hartmann]

might the F-86 actually be an FJ-2 or FJ-3?

In the video, it said USAF on the wing...
Whoever put the video together didn't know their airplanes.

[Ray Tackett]

In the video, it said USAF on the wing...
Whoever put the video together didn't know their airplanes.

Ah so. Couldn't see the video here; I locked Facebook out of my firewall a while back.

[Ralph Jones]

Whoever put the video together didn't know their airplanes.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED.

[Dave Siciliano]

I believe he was flying an F9F.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther

[Ralph Jones]

I believe he was flying an F9F.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther

Possibly the coolest looking jet ever designed.

Deck crews remembered them for the difficult wing fold. The prototype wing folded to a vertical position, but then fuel consumption forced Grumman to add tip tanks that exceeded the hangar deck height limit -- so they had to limit the fold angle to an outward spread condition that increased the total width and made deck spotting difficult.

The F9F's put on a great show in The Bridges at Toko-Ri.