Before the fictional Top Gun movie about a wild maverick pilot there was the real rebel a WWII hero known as the, "Ace of Aces" Dick Bong.
Perhaps no American fighter pilot in all of World War II was as deadly as Major Dick Bong. In over 200 missions, this American daredevil took down a whopping 40 enemy planes on his way to earning the Medal of Honor — and he did it in his one-of-a-kind brazen style.
This rebellious rule-breaker was repeatedly grounded for stunts like doing loops around the Golden Gate Bridge and flying so low over houses that he'd blow people's laundry right off their clotheslines. But in the end, Bong's superiors always had to recall him to service because he was just too good to keep on the ground.
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Once on the land farmers had to build a shelter for the family family, usually a tent made of sheets and blankets. Because of the howling wind it was better to dig a hole or a cave in the side of a hill until he was able to build a sod house. These were dank, dark and often overrun with bugs and snakes.
The sight we may not see for too long!!..
It is ironic that while the B-1B fleet is the second oldest, it makes might be the first of the current three bomber fleets to go off service completely. The B-52Hs are getting new engines and the B-2s are younger but the B-1Bs have the most issues. Apparently Afghan and Iraqi loitering missions took a toll on the jets' airframes making them maintenance intensive and costly to fly
