Robin Olds: The Total Fighter Pilot Package

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  @rayritchotte7608 · 4 years ago

  Great video. Robin Olds and Chappie James flew my F4C at Davis Monthan 4453rd CCTW.  I loved both of these men. I actualy kept close contact with Gen. OLDS thru E mails right up to his passing.  Gen James was my Wing Comander st DM and one Sunday when he was driving his staff car down the flight line it was a down day for everyone and I had nothing to do so I went to work on my jet and he spotted me. He stopped his car and yelled Sgt what are you doing on your day off. I said sir I'm changing a tire on my jet to get it ready for tomorows flight. He got out of his car and stayed with me to watch me change that wheel and tire.  That next month I was awarded the distinction of being Crew Chief Of The Month.

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• EJ

  @ejburton4305 · 4 years ago

  Robin Olds"s mustache alone has 12 confirmed kills.

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• AR

  @AreYouEntertainednow · 4 years ago

  My Robin Olds story: My Dad flew F-4's in Vietnam, after Robin had left in 67.  My dad would tell me stories about Col. Olds and his triple Ace status, of course, made him a legend. I was finally able to meet him in 1986 at a fly in that my dads unit put on every year. He was so willing to talk to me and tell me stories about flying and his favorite airplane the Mustang. He chatted with us for hours. The entire time making time to sign things for people and take photos. He was a very humble man and my Dad and Olds along with 3 other veterans would sing Irish folk songs for hours...lol.  I have good memories of my time with Robin Olds.

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• KE

  @kentgrady9226 · 2 years ago

  Robin Olds's mustache had bigger balls than I ever will.

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• MA

  @marypapak5759 · 3 years ago

  Thank you!!!!! Robin Olds was my uncle, my father, Stevan Olds, was his brother.  I miss him, and this was, by far, the best video I have ever seen done on Robin!❤❤❤❤❤

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• DA

  @daveskinner5131 · 4 years ago

  When I was in Steamboat, I worked on General Robin's skis. We met by complimenting each other's Air Force headqear and there it went for about five years. Chairlift rides were ACM seminars, tactical aviation, the whole nine yards. Just a great person to know, a great brain to pick. Lucky me.

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  @treydixon5399 · 4 years ago

  I remember a quote from one of his pilots in Vietnam, &quot;In another age, he would have been a warrior king.&quot;<br><br>The service needs men like him.<br><br>The country needs men like him.

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• CR

  @cra83 · 4 years ago

  If they haven’t already; they need to make a big budget movie of Gen. Old’s life with his dream being the end of the movie… amazing story!

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• KO

  @koreycowan1976 · 3 years ago

  Chappy died way to early in life... &nbsp;58 years old... and made it to 4 Star General. &nbsp;Definitely was a very accomplished man to look up to

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• HU

  @hughallen6621 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m British and never heard or Olds. This tribute was eloquent, respectful, brilliantly reserarched and delivered with fluency and directness. &nbsp;What comes across is not just Olds, but your own values, which are immensely important and in short supply. &nbsp;Thank you.

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  @fearlessflight · 4 years ago

  I was a student in that audience that he &quot;flipped&quot; off that evening at the Academy. He had been matter-of-factly sharing his autobiography and just finished commenting that he couldn&apos;t recall his time as a Major between Capt and Lt Col. To that, the cadet wing began whistling irreverently as if to say, &quot;Big deal!&quot; It was at that point he turned to head back to the podium and we noticed his right hand flipping us the bird. It was at that point we rendered him as &quot;one of us&quot; and we gave him a standing ovation. He was unique and quite a character...definitely one of a kind and knew the importance of telling the truth. He left a mark on my experience.<br><br>I happened on to your channel by accident but thoroughly am hooked as this is the stuff that inspired me to become a pilot from the time I was in the second grade and watched every fighter pilot movie I could. And this will be one of my favorite all-time videos of yours or any others that I have seen. Well done!

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• CA

  @captaingyro3912 · 4 years ago

  General Olds had all of his gun camera films from WWII and Southeast Asia spliced together into one long movie. Once when I was at the Air Force Academy he showed them to a group of us and narrated as they progressed. It was quite an experience to listen to him re-live every pass, every air-to-air shot.<br>One thing that stuck in my mind was that when they were strafing trains in Germany, they would kill the locomotive on the first pass, then walk the guns up the ditch alongside the tracks on subsequent passes. He explained that as soon as the train stopped any troops that were aboard would pile out and take cover in the ditches. It was brutal.

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