Fighter Pilot
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Lutz, Lieutenant
Magdeburg, Germany
Magee, John Gillespie
Mahurin (fighter pilot)
maintenance
Malan, Sailor
Maley, Ronald
The Man in the Road (film)
Mann, Lyle
Mannheim, Germany
Mannock, Edward
March Field, California
Margaret (Red Cross acquaintance)
Marge (American woman at Udon)
marijuana
Martin, Marty
Martin, Mary
massive retaliation and mutual destruction strategy
Matagorda, Texas
Mather Air Force Base, Rancho Cordova, California
Mattern, Jimmy
Matthews, Lieutenant
McAdoo, W. T. “Mac”
McCarthy, Joe
McChord, Dick
McClure, Don
McConnell, John P.
McConnell Air Force Base, Derby, Kansas
McDermott, Robert F.
McNamara, Robert S.
McNutt, Tommy
Me-109 (a.k.a. Bf-109)
Me-262 (German jet)
“me-firsters” category of military personnel
Mehalla Air Base, Libya
Meigs, Return Jonathan
Memphis, Tennessee
Merlin engine
Messerschmitt models. See “Me” entries
Meteor IV plane (first British jet), learning to fly
“me-tooers” category of military personnel
Metz, Lorraine
MiG combat air patrol (CAP)
MiGs
finding and killing
MiG-17 model, strong combat capability of
North Vietnamese
skill of pilots
Mildenhall RAF base, England
military
four categories of people in
pernicious effect of Vietnam conflict on
Military Airlift Command
Military Assistance Command (MAC)
Military Bill (flight instructor)
military training
military units, histories, and heritage of
milk, American
milk runs
Millard Military Prep
Miller, Glenn, and his band
Milligan, Joe
Mineau, Kris
Minh, Ho Chi
Minuteman missiles
Miramar airfield, Marine Corps Air Station, San Diego, California
missing
Mitchell, Billy
Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York
mock attacks
Mojave Desert
Momyer, William W. “Spike”
monkey, pet
Monterey Bay, California
Montgomery, Bernard
Montgomery, Robert
Moore, Joe
Moorman, “Miss Atha”
Moorman, Thomas Samuel
morale
Morey (judge advocate)
Morgan, C. R.
mountains ahead
movie cameras, mounted
Mr. Magoo (dog)
Muhammad (houseboy)
Mulberry harbors
Münster, Germany
Muroc Field (now Edwards AFB), California
Murray, Jim
Muslims
mustache, Robin’s
ordered to remove it
Nanning, China
Nantes, France
NASA
National Aviation Hall of Fame
National War College
NATO
Navy, U.S.
conflict of Air Force with
fighter pilots of
opposition to air power
NCOs
cohabiting with native women
getting things done
Nceley, Tom
Nesselbush, Lou
Nevers
New York City
Ella’s flat in
return to
night fighting
Night Owls
Nijmegen, (The Netherlands)
Niort, France
Niven, David
Nixon, Richard
Normandy, invasion of
Norstadt, General
North American Air Defense
North Hollywood, California
North Sea
North Vietnam
air defenses of
air strikes against
implacable will of
People’s Army
pilots and planes of
POWs in
Robin forbidden to lead missions over
Russian aid to
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California
nuclear strike policy
nuclear war, preventing
nuclear weapons, threat of
oath as an officer
Officer Effectiveness Report (OER)
Officers’ clubs (O clubs)
Robin’s speech in Udon club
tradition of breaking glasses
Ogden Air Material Area (OAMA), Utah
O’Keefe, Louise
O’Keefe, Richard
Olde Antique Shoppe (in London)
Olds, Christina (Robin’s daughter)
Olds, Fred (Robin’s brother)
Olds, Robert (Robin’s father)
death of
Olds, Robert Ernest (Robin’s stillborn son)
Olds, Robin (author)
(1922) early years
(1937) high school football star
(1940) at West Point
(1941–42) football at West Point
(1943) busted to private at West Point
(1943) chosen for fighter pilot
(1944) becomes an ace
(1944) first kills
(1944) first tour finished, went “home”
(1944) promoted to captain
(1945) CO of 434th Fighter Squadron
(1945) promoted to major
(1947) personnel director with 12th Air Force
(1947) proposes to Ella Raines
(1950) paper pusher jobs during Korean War era
(1952) birth of first child
(1954) promotion to colonel
(1963) exchange officer with the RAF
(1966–67) Ubon, Thailand, tour
(1967) end of Ubon tour
(1967) return to Washington, D.C.
(1967) USAFA commandant of cadets
(1971) inspector general of aerospace safety
(1973) retirement
(1976) divorce from Ella Raines
(1978) remarriage to Morgan Sellers Barnett
always would be a fighter pilot
cartooning by
final dream of
as flight commander
getting old
hemorrhoidectomy
home life
honors received
manhandled by lieutenants at Ubon for improper wearing of uniform
pranks of
on promotion list to be general
refuses to become an ace in Vietnam conflict
reprimanded by a colonel upon returning to West Point
resignation attempt
retirement activities
speeches by
squadron commander
threatened with promotion
“Win It!” refrain
Olds, Sterling (Robin’s brother)
Olds, Stevan (Robin’s brother)
Olds, Susan Bird (Robin’s daughter)
Old Stormy (weather officer)
Omaha beach, Normandy, France 53
Ontario, California
Open House Day
operational readiness
inspection (ORI)
Operation Bolo
aftermath of
Operation Linebacker
Oppenheim, Germany
orders
Orr, Bob
Osborne, Sam
out-briefings
Ownby, H. K.
oxygen, lack of, while flying
P-38 (Lightning)
C, D, and E models (older)
changeover to P-51s
J15-LO
painted with invasion stripes
P-47 (Thunderbolt)
M model
P-51 (Mustang)
learning to operate
P-80 (Shooting Star)
I-16 pump on
Robin’s first flight in
P-322 (Lightning variation)
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
Pacific theater
Palm Springs, California
Palos Verdes, California
parachutes
paratroopers
Pardo, Bob
Paris, France
R&R in
Paris Peace Accords (Vietnam conflict)
partying
Pasadena, California
Pascoe, Dick
passes and time off
Patridge, General
Patterson, H. W. B.
Patton, George S.
Paul Doumer Bridge
Pavlock, Lieutenant
pay
Pearch, Keith
Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii
pecking orders
Pentagon
assignment to, Robin stifled in
E ring of generals at
Fridays at
generals at
march on
People’s Army of Vietnam
Petit, Bob
Phil, Uncle (Robin’s)
Philippines, PACAF in
photo reconnaissance (recce)
Phuc Yen Air Base (VPAF) Vietnam
Phu Tho, Vietnam
Phyllis (at March Field)
Pierce, Major
Pillsbury, Major
pilots and aircrew
rotation of
taken prisoner
training of
See also bomber pilots; fighter pilots
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
planes. See airplanes; fighter planes
Pointe de Hoc
Point Mugu, California
Poland, German invasion of
POM inspections
Power, Tommy
pranks
premonitions of death
pressure suits
Preston, Maurice
Prestwick, Scotland
prisoners-of-war (POWs)
in Germany
in North Vietnam
processing procedures
promotions
PT-19, (flight training aircraft)
pullout
Pusan, Korea
pushing a plane with another, forbidden
Pyle, Ernie
pylon eight maneuver
QRC-160 ECM pods, (electronic jamming)
Queen Elizabeth (ship)
Queen Elizabeth II (ship)
Quesada, General
races, air
Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW)
radar jamming
radar training without visual reference
Radeker, Walt
radio, plane’s
radio discipline
Raines, Bird Zachary
Raines, Ella
as air force wife
in California
career in movies and TV
divorce, move to Los Angeles, and death
first child
harsh words in letters from
life with
in London
marital difficulties
in New York City
Robin’s first date with
Robin’s marriage to
Robin’s reluctance to return to
socializing of
in Washington D.C.
welcomes Robin home from Vietnam
Rall, Günther
Rally Committee at USAFA
Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Rapid Roger test program
Raspberry, Ev
rationing
Red Cross
women of
London hostelry
Red River
Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association (RRVFPA)
reunions of
refueling
Reichersberg airdrome, Germany
reporters
rest cures
reveille
Rewco rye whiskey
Rhine, race to cross
Richter, Karl
Rickenbacker, Eddie
Riddle, Kyle
“the Right Stuff”
Ritchie, Steve
Rivers, L. Mendel
Rockefeller, Laurance
Rockefeller, Mary
Rocker Club
Rodgers, Lieutenant
Rodriguez, Duncan
“Roger”
Rolling Thunder missions
Romanek, Harry
Rommel, Erwin
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rosness, Hank
Rostow, Walt
ROTC
Rotterdam, (The Netherlands)
Route Packs (in Vietnam conflict)
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Bomber Command
heroes of
jets
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Norwegian Navy
Roye-Amy air base, France
R&R
Robin’s first term of
Ruislip military hospital, England
runways
Russians
aid to North Vietnam
strafing of ship in Haiphong Harbor
Ryan, Jack
Ryan Fireball (plane)
Saigon, Vietnam, PACAF in
Saintes, France
Salinas, California
Salukiat, Colonel
saluting
San Bernardino, California
San Francisco, California
San Gabriel Mountains, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Maria base, California
Saône River, France
Saumur, France
Savoy Hotel
SCAT II (Robin’s P-38 plane)
SCAT III (Robin’s P-38 plane)
SCAT IV (Robin’s P-51 plane)
SCAT V (Robin’s P-51 plane)
SCAT VII (Robin’s P-51 plane)
SCAT XXVII (Robin’s F-4 plane)
Schurr, Harry
Scotland
Scott, Bob
Sears, Elmo
secrecy
Seith, “Ted”
Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina
sherry
Shiely, Al
Shintz, Al
shock wave incident at USAFA
short-arm inspection
shot records, prank involving
Shuttleworth, Jim
Silver Star
Simler, George
Simmonds, Dee
single-engine planes
sixties, the, in America
skiing
Smith, Donovan
Smith, Freddy
smoking
Snoopy and the Red Baron
socks, lucky flying
Solent, The
solo flying
sorties
dumb tactics
fake counting of
overfrequent
smarter tactics
statistics on, in Vietnam conflict
unauthorized
Southeast Asia, assignment to
South Pacific, preparation for fighting in
South Vietnam
fall of (1975)
U.S. mission of support of
Soviet Bloc
Soviet Union
air force
defense against
threat of
Spaatz, Carl A. “Tooey”
space, military use of
space program
&n
bsp; Spanish Armada
Spartan School of Aviation
speed records
Spencer, Bob
spins, recovering from
split-S
Spokane, Washington
Springs, Elliott White
squadrons
SR-71 (Blackbird)
stalls, recovering from
Stars and Stripes newspaper
Star Talks
Star Wars
Statue of Liberty
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Steele, Grumpy
Steeple Morden air base, England
Stennis, John
Stenton, Lieutenant Colonel
Sterling, Helen (Robin’s stepmother)
Stewart, Jimmy
Stewart Field, England
Stokely Carmichael (pet monkey)
Stone, J. B.
strafing
practice
Strait, Don
Strategic Air Command (SAC)
rot in
strategic missiles
Stratemeyer, General
streaker incident at USAFA
Strothers, General
Stuttgart, Germany
Sumter, South Carolina
surface-to-air missiles (SAMs)
North Vietnamese
U.S. defensive
Sweeny, Walt
Swope, Dick
Syria
Systems Command
T-28 (training aircraft) Squadron, Thailand
T-33 (Shooting Star)
Tactical Air Command (TAC)
tactical forces
tactics conferences
takeoffs, in formation
Takhli wing, Royal Thai AFB
Tangmere RAF base, England
tankers
rescues by
Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Vietnam
targets
forbidden (restricted)
not worthwhile
passing up
worthwhile
Tarhuna, Libya, gunnery range
tea, English
teamwork
television
Tempest (Hawker airplane)
test pilots
Thailand
people of
Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
Thayer Hotel, West Point, New York
Thomas, Tommy
“Thud” Ridge
Timm, Ernie
Tiny (instructor)
Tipps, Lieutenant
torque
Touchdown Club
tour of duty
completion of a
length of a
training aircraft
training missions
trains
English
strafing of
Transportation Corps
a captain from
transport planes
travel. See transport planes; troop ships; troop trains
Travis AFB, San Jose, California
Tripoli, Libya
troop ships
in convoys
travel by
troop trains, travel by
Tuck, Stanford
Tucker, Al
Turkey
Turner, Roscoe
Turner, Satch
twin-engine planes
Tyndall Field, (near Panama City), Florida
U-boats
Ubon Royal Thai AFB
Udet, Ernst
Udorn Royal Thai Air Base
Udorn wing
Uncle Wilk (roommate)
Unicorn pub (in Chichester), England
uniforms
United Nations Security Council
United States Air Force (USAF). See Air Force, U.S.