“We were actually hoping to inspire Bill to a TINS....” said John.Typically, encounters between helicopters and fifty-ones always ended badly, usually for helicopters, and almost always for the fifty-one. On 19 May, 1970, I watched a college classmate I’d known since 1964 fly into a multiple-gun ambush a klick from where I was operating. Lanny was the one who convinced the six of us in the Flight Program to buy beer mugs in the college bookstore and have “The Flight Crew” stenciled on them.His wingman called in an artillery strike. They killed the crews that killed him.I (personally) know of...
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