He compiled over 100 sorties and 500 combat hours in two tours of duty.
He had flown 368 combat hours with the squadron by the time he left.
Pilots flew more than 2,200 sorties for a total of 9,400 combat hours.
VF-41 alone logged 600 combat hours and 530 sorties during this cruise.
During the initial 2 months of the conflict the 4th flew more than 1000 combat hours from 3 separate forward operating locations.
He flew more than 350 combat hours on 142 missions over Vietnam.
The general was a command pilot with more than 4,500 flying hours, including 270 combat hours.
By the end of the war, he had eleven confirmed victories to show for over 1,400 combat hours flown.
The five pilots, all together, flew thousands of combat hours in Vietnam and survived being shot down several times.
She is a senior pilot with more than 3,200 flight hours and over 330 combat hours.
