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Bo Zarts

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6. Dick Rutan was a "Misty" Fast-FAC pilot in Vietnam flying the F-100F Super Sabre

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 09:35 AM

May 5

By the time I got to Vietnam in 1970, Dick Rutan was a legend. Rutan's account of the death of General Robert Worley, who was flying an RF-4C as "Strobe 01," is one of the most riveting and poignant war stories I've ever heard. Rutan's story is in Don Shepperd's book "Misty: First Person Stories of the F-100 Fast FACs in the Vietnam War."

Dick Rutan, a true American hero: RIP, sir.

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Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85 [View all] Eugene May 5 OP

RIP. I know people who knew him. electric_blue68 May 5 #1

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The airplane was a engineering marvel. KS Toronado May 5 #5

Dick Rutan was a "Misty" Fast-FAC pilot in Vietnam flying the F-100F Super Sabre Bo Zarts May 5 #6

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