U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) — Legendary fighter pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, died June 14 from congestive heart failure one month short of his 85th birthday.
General Olds, rated a triple ace for having shot down a total of 16 enemy aircraft during World War II and the Vietnam War, served his country in assignments to England, Germany, Libya, Thailand and the United States, in positions of squadron, base, group and wing commander, and assignments to Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“Triple-ace Robin Olds’ legendary leadership and heroic service to the cause of freedom have been an inspiration to our nation and our Air Force,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley. “He is one of our ‘great captains’ and a pioneer of air power.
BBCT Billy, who rightly says:
From time to time, I get accused of “cheerleading” “war-mongering” around here, from people who rightfully hate war but don’t stop to sort out when there is a right and wrong of it and cannot conceive that, sometimes, the evil evident in a single criminal runs to the scale of nations and that it must be met with righteous force for the very same sake of life itself. It is on this principle that we can isolate the concept of the warrior as a value per se, and honor them as they rise and fall around us for the right thing.
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