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Pardo Push anniversary


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Yesterday was the anniversary for the Pardo Push Maneuver.

 

During Vietnam, an F4 was losing too much fuel. And couldn't bail out because it was over hostile territories. So the flight lead started pushing the damaged F4 by using the tailhook as the push-rod!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardo%27s_Push

 

Simply amazing airmenship and bravery!

 

I didn't see it mentioned on this forum, so thought I'd bring it up.

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Wow, even better! Thnx for that

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Got to spend a friend's wedding sitting at a table with him. EXTREMELY humble man. I didn't even know who he was until I started talking to his wife and she introduced Mr. Pardo and herself to us. Was a fantastic time being able to spend a night with him and his wife even though we didn't talk much about the maneuver itself but about his career in the USAF and life advice.

 

That man can be an inspiration to anyone. Shame he wasn't recognized for his heroics until decades later

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