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Boots Blesse and Robin Olds are two of the most celebrated US Aces of the jet age. They were instrumental in restoring the US Air Force's excellence in air-to-air combat in the dark days of SAC and the nuclear mission.
In the Summer of 1967 they both found themselves as Colonels in South East Asia. And it was there they came to blows about a big issue: whether the F-4 Phantom should have a gun. Such was the strength of their feelings about this subject that when they met in a bar in Ubon there could be only one result.
In this video I take a look at how one of these men was instrumental in introducing the gun to the Phantom and how the other tried to stop it. I hope you enjoy it - I found it really interesting to research and make.
Sources:
Boots Blesse's side of the story can be found in this outstanding podcast: evergreenpodcasts.com/warrior...
I sourced Olds' side of the story from 'Fighter Pilot'