Wolfpack Assassin – Confessions of a MiG killer

The Collings Foundation F-4D, bearing the tail code of an 8th TFW "squadron," climbs out. The squadrons in the 8th TFW used the"FP," "Fy" and "FG" codes while flying in Vietnam during the Robin Olds era. (Photo by Tyson Rininger)

Before I joined the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1955, I was just a “good ol’ boy” from Macon, Georgia. But flying a jet fighter only enhanced some of those Southern traits. Less than 12 years later over Vietnam I become a MiG killer with the Triple Nickel-555th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Early jet days My first jet assignment was with the 309th Strategic Fighter Squadron flying a fighter called the F-84F Thunderstreak. Nothing could...

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