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Robert Taylor's Tribute to the US Navy’s Only
Air Aces of the Vietnam War
"Irish and I came into the break smoking at 500 knots, below
the level of the flight deck. I could see thousands of men
watching from the catwalks. I made a six-G break turn with
90 degree angle of bank. We landed after one of my best
passes of the cruise." Commander Randy 'Duke' Cunningham.
Back on deck, first to shake the hands of Lt.Randy
Cunningham and his Radar Intercept Officer, Lt (jg) Willie
'Irish' Driscoll, was ordnancement Willie White: "Mr.
Cunningham, we got our MiG today, didn't we!" It was January
19, 1972 aboard the USS Constellation in the Gulf of Tonkin.
As Cunningham shut down the engines of his 'Fighting
Falcons' F-4J Phantom, Task Force 77 Commander Admiral
Cooper congratulated Cunningham and Driscoll on achieving
their first of five air victories They went on to become the
US Navy's only Aces of the Vietnam war.
Each print of Phantom Showtime is
authenticated by legendary US Navy Aces. |
