Jack Broughton, 89, Dies

[Jimbuna]

A fantastic military/war record but tinged in controversy near the end.

Blue Skies Sir

~SALUTE~

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/us/jack-broughton-89-dies-a-top-pilot-turned-critic.html?_r=1

[HW3]

Blue Skies Sir! (and you were right!) :salute:

[vienna]

Some things never change; from the article Jimbuna linked:

“We were poorly utilized, we were hopelessly misdirected and restricted, and we were woefully misused by a chain of stagnant high-level civilian and military leadership” that lacked fortitude in a “war that they ineptly micromanaged,” Colonel Broughton wrote in "Rupert Red Two" (2007), a memoir whose title drew on his call sign while a young military pilot.

Sounds like a recent war and leadership...

RIP, Colonel Broughton, and thank you for your service and your courage to speak up...


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