Comment on US Pilot Shot Down Four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – A secret for 50 yearsparentComments−dmoy3ySelf-sacrifice and very high risk of one's own life (a not insignificant number are given posthumously)So a lot of medal of honor recipients are infantry pulling wounded squad mates out of danger in extreme circumstances.The entire air force has only 17, the army has over two thousand.−sigzero3yHe did risk his life when he interjected himself between the fleet and the approaching MIGs and then spent the next 30 minutes in a dogfight to down 4 of them. It's probably a lot harder in the Air Force to get one but I would consider that one.−b1123yHe was brave, and did his duty. But, is this different than infantry advancing while under fire?
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Self-sacrifice and very high risk of one's own life (a not insignificant number are given posthumously)
So a lot of medal of honor recipients are infantry pulling wounded squad mates out of danger in extreme circumstances.
The entire air force has only 17, the army has over two thousand.
He did risk his life when he interjected himself between the fleet and the approaching MIGs and then spent the next 30 minutes in a dogfight to down 4 of them. It's probably a lot harder in the Air Force to get one but I would consider that one.
He was brave, and did his duty. But, is this different than infantry advancing while under fire?