Up Close from the Skyhawk Drivers Seat Check out the "Well Dressed Warrior" Unforgetable Sorties Aerial Victories Aviator Bios Driver Stats Cockpit Details Unforgetable Sorties Steve Gray Tough Scooter. Al Carpenter Shoot Down Pat Patrick A4D-1 Problems. Pat Patrick Problems Continue. Footnote -Dave Dollarhide Bob Miecznikowski Throttle Setting - MAX! Skyhawk Aerial Victories 01 MAY 1967: MiG-17 Shootdown by a Skyhawk flown by LCDR Ted R. Swartz. 15 MAY 1970: Col. Ezra "Babban" Dotan flying an A-4 Skyhawk destroyed two Syrian MiG-17 aircraft over Lebanon using unguided rockets. Skyhawk Aviator Bios Joseph Cook Dale Evans Marshall Feltham Paul Galanti Gary Holmes Bill Isenhour Gordon Jobe Robert Krall John Lamers Jack Salkovics Dennis Sapp Roland Schmidt Ron Snyder A. C. O'Brien Jim Tabb Mike Trout "Pat" Patrick Arcing around the warring sky I knew this day I could not die Madly maneuvering, the enemy finally forced in front of me Flying firing from the sun until flaming, falling he was done Knowing better he than me knowing my moment of immortality Then polished brass and boots and band make the salute, as in front I stand And then the forest of the night circling around my medal bright Are lovely creatures, wine, and song and all are mine for just as long As another day, another sky and another flier in flames must die --- Puresome a4skyhawk.org Home Page