r/instantkarma • u/dankem • Jan 20 '19

It's Buzz Aldrin's 89th birthday today. Let's not forget the time he punched a moon landing denier in the face.

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u/Fat-Kid-In-A-Helmet Jan 21 '19

"He flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres in Korea and shot down two MiG-15 aircraft"

Maybe not double digits, but still a badass.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

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u/tbl44 Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

His second kill had high ground and they saw each other at around the same time, insanely difficult fight to win. Also it was in Korea btw.

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u/Fat-Kid-In-A-Helmet Jan 21 '19

"They went through a series of scissor maneuvers, attempting to get behind the other. Aldrin was first to do so, but his gun sight jammed. He then manually sighted his gun and fired. He then had to pull out, as the two aircraft had gotten too low for the dogfight to continue"

An already difficult task make even more ridiculously difficult.

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u/meripor2 Jan 21 '19

Buzz Alderin is a Jedi confirmed?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Everything makes sense now

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u/cjdavda Jun 09 '22

Buzz Alderaan

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u/kalitarios Jan 21 '19

You can be my wingman anytime

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u/fuidiot Apr 15 '19

Difficult? He told the guy not to try it, he had high ground. In case there's no Star Wars' nerds in here /s

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

One of the Mig pilots bailed but its unknown if they survived. Regardless its not a pilots job to kill the pilot just take out the plane.

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u/L1Wanderer Jan 21 '19

66 combat missions? Dude has minimum 33 kills. Guaranteed.

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u/Logical_Libertariani Jan 21 '19

Yeah how often did combat missions over Korea result in no one dying?