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America’s Last Ace

OVER 200 SPEAKING PROGRAMS A YEAR! That was part of being an Air Force recruiter as well as running my own business. Seldom do the masters of ceremonies at these functions skip over the phrases, “…the Air Force’s only Viet Nam pilot ace… only MiG-21 ace… last American ace…”

And yes, I’m proud of those words. But, at the same time, it’s important to think about what they mean. I can’t help but interpret them differently, now that it’s been a half century since the incidents that put

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