Originally Posted by
Ftrooppilot
I didn't realize that only "fighter pilots" flew combat. The highest decorated USAF squadron in Vietnam flew cargo aircraft. The most heavily damaged aircraft in the history of the USAF (and survived) is in the USAF Museum. It's a UC-123 from the 12th Air Commando Squadron "Ranch Hand."
I didn't realize that only fighter pilots flew combat either. Not sure where you got that. One of my first flight instructors ejected from an EB-66 and spent 6.5 years at the Hanoi Hilton. First POW I ever met.