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Gerrity Chapter Member Col. Charles DeBellevue
(Ret) recalled his missions in an F-4 Phantom during the Vietnam War at an Air & Space Forces
Association Gerrity Chapter event September 8, 2022.
Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Lt. Gen. David
Deptula (Ret) moderated the conversation.
DeBellevue is one of only five Americans who earned flying ace status
during the Vietnam War, and was the first to do so as an Air Force weapons
system officer.
He earned the title in 1972 with a total of six MiG kills, which
is the most earned by any U.S. aviator during the Vietnam War. This
discussion took place 50 years after his final kill.