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Nov 23, 2021 · When the war ended, Robin Olds was a 22-year-old major commanding the 434th Fighter Squadron. Flying and ground school. Then more ground school, flying, and still more flying. The P-38 was incredible. Our days were filled with the wonder of the machines, even though the bulk of them were bent and battered, not even worthy of the distinguished ...
Oct 12, 2021 · Robin Olds: The Chosen One. When Air Force Col. Robin Olds took over command of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based in Thailand in 1966, he was disheartened to see the lack of aggression in the American airmen stationed there. Within a year, the unit would be transformed by the fighting spirit of their commander.
Robin Olds graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June 1943. During World War II he became a Double ACE credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft in in the air and nearly an equal number on the ground during 170 combat missions. During the Vietnam War he flew 152 combat missions, shooting down FOUR enemy aircraft to finish ...
Aug 13, 2020 · Maj. Robin Olds, 434th Fighter Squadron commander, in a P-51D. “By the time I was five, I could name an airplane by the sound of its engine on takeoff or landing,” claimed ace pilot Brig. Gen. Robin Olds. He grew up steeped in air power, as the son of Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, who was a mentor to Gen. Curtis LeMay.
Robin Olds. Triple-ace and salty-tongued Robin Olds literally wrote the book on tactical air power. The son of a major general, Olds was born for combat. His distinguished career included 107 combat missions in World War II and 152 in Vietnam, and 17 kills in each. And along with Daniel “Chappie” James, he became part of a flying duo known ...
It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it is competitiveness. But there's something else - there's a spark. There's a desire to be good. To do well; in the eyes of your peers, and in your own mind. Robin Olds. Attitude, Eye, Self Confidence. Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus, Robin Olds (2010).
Apr 13, 2010 · The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds . Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time.
