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John Winkler, Vietnam Pilot and “Top Gun” Instructor

Saigon (7AF)-Phantom fighters- These are the Air Force's F-4C Phantom jet fighters, the same kind that downed seven communist MIG-21s over the Red River Valley in North Vietnam Jan. 2. The two-man fighters have claimed 23 of the 27 downed by Air Force pilots thus far in the Vietnam war.
Air Force Veteran Col. John Winkler flew 84 combat missions during the Vietnam War.

Air Force Veteran Col. John Winkler flew 84 combat missions during the Vietnam War. He was born in 1933 and remembers having a Victory Garden at his home in Cleveland during WWII. Sunday Col. Winkler discusses his Air Force career. He became an instructor of the best of the best, the Top Guns. As the Director of Operations at a base in Spain, squadrons under his command flew thousands of missions and had the distinction of not losing a pilot.

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