Originally Posted by
Grumble
One of the things that will always haunt me are the guys that died on TICs I serviced, while waiting for clearance to drop (which was denied 100% of the time).
A friend who flew the A-1 in Vietnam stayed with TIC, making dry passes when he ran out of ammo, even after he had been ordered to RTB. The AF was preparing to reprimand him, but then the Army weighed in on the matter and he got a Silver Star.
