Robin Olds

[Weasel Keeper 0]

Rest in Peace.

 

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123057370

[BUFF 8]

[+Jarhead1 27]

Thats sad, he was an awesome pilot

[Guest Tazkiller]

A TRUE HERO HAS FALLEN.

 

REST IN PEACE.

[FastCargo 412]

He wasn't just a great pilot...but a great commander. What he did for the Triple Nickel was legendary.

 

S!

 

FastCargo

[Ruggbutt 45]

S! RIP

[GASCAN39 7]

The man flew missions in a couple of different wars, and exemplified a true fighter pilot and leader. I have read some of his stories, seen him interviewed, and viewed him as a hero growing up, not some overpaid athlete, movie star, or race car driver. Everytime I see an F-4 C or D, I wonder if it was one he or his unit flew in Vietnam on some of the more daring and memorable flights.

 

 

Rest in Peace

[+Dave 2,322]

Oh man, one of my heros. One hella of a warrior and fighter pilot. I will miss him deeply.

[gumpy 7]

Very sad.

[Delta6Actual 0]

I always wished I could have met him. A true visionary and legendary pilot.

 

Pharewell Robin Olds.

[+Dave 2,322]

RIP BG Olds....

[bucklehead101 29]

RIP

[Hanseat 1]

Really sad news

 

Rest in peace

 

Hanseat

[snakeman 1]

Very sad....

 

Another one of my Heros leaves us.....

 

RIP

[gerald14 0]

He was the few that was born to fly and kill migs!!!

Rest in Peace

[HrntFixr 4]

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,

I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or even eagle flew -

And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod

The high untresspassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

 

 

HAND SALUTE <S>.........2

[+streakeagle 868]

His death does not make me very sad.

He lived a full life, far more than some heroes of his caliber got to have.

I saw him in person once, but the line was too long.

He had to leave before I got the chance to get his autograph on my copy of "...and kill Migs!".

The only thing bad about his passing is that one less great American is around to share the history he experienced.

The WWI generation is already gone.

It won't be long before there won't be anyone left who experienced WW2 firsthand.

Unfortunately, most Americans will only know and remember what they learn in the movies.

 

<S> to Robin Olds and his entire generation for bearing the burden of fighting to provide freedom and happiness to the citizens of the USA.

[+SidDogg 130]

:cray: :cray: :cray: :cray: :cray: :cray: :cray:

[Wrench 9,801]

An ancient Egyptian blessing:

 

"Another Eagle has flown to the sun"

 

Wrench

Kevin Stein

[+Dave 2,322]

His death does not make me very sad.

He lived a full life, far more than some heroes of his caliber got to have.

I saw him in person once, but the line was too long.

He had to leave before I got the chance to get his autograph on my copy of "...and kill Migs!".

The only thing bad about his passing is that one less great American is around to share the history he experienced.

The WWI generation is already gone.

It won't be long before there won't be anyone left who experienced WW2 firsthand.

Unfortunately, most Americans will only know and remember what they learn in the movies.

 

<S> to Robin Olds and his entire generation for bearing the burden of fighting to provide freedom and happiness to the citizens of the USA.

 

Couldn't of said it better myself.

[topcat II 6]

RIP :cray:

[kukulino 1]

He was the few that was born to fly and kill migs!!!

I agree with you gerald14.

He is in fighters heaven, I hope.

[CowboyTodd41 134]

I got to meet him at Oshkosh a couple of years ago, just before I left for basic, talk about a motivator to do good in the Air Force! It's sad see such a great man go, but I know he's in a good place, probably with a '51, an '86 and an Phantom in a hangar in a hangar nearby...with a sky full of bandits of course.

[ezlead 42]

Not many people are living legends,He was one.

He rates right up there with Chuck Yeager,Bud Anderson, Marion Carl,Joe Foss,etc.

The Big Brass didn't like him much because he told it like it was.

Fighter pilots today can thank him for;Top Gun,Red Flag,Fighter wing formation,and a lot of other things that military aviation has.

His biggest contributation was the ability today of ;"switching to guns" as a weapon choice.

 

Well Done, General, You served your country well.

 

[Hawk MMS 0]

He was the stuff of legend.

 

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