Another story by Hoser was that they went 2v2 against some eagles
But his wingman had a technical problem and rtb
So Hoser and his RIO pretended radio chatter as if there were 2 Tomcats.
he called gun kills on both the other 2, because they were so busy and distracted trying to figure out where the ghost wingman was..
They were very upset when Hoser gunned em , and then admitted the scam
The repeated but now 1 vs 2 .. And he gunned em both a second time.
Hoser was one of the first Tomcat instructors, SecNav had called him up in person to convince him to come out of his first retirement...
He's a legend that claimed John Wayne talked to him when things got tough.
He flew with hand grenades over vietnam just in case he'de have to eject over indian territory
