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Bob Pardo passed away earlier this month at the age of 89. With his Phantom, he pushed a crippled F-4 outside the enemy airspace in one of the most heroic missions in the history of military aviation.
Captain Bob Pardo came to the rescue of his wingman Captain Earl Aman after they took heavy fire on a bombing run near Hanoi in 1967, pushing him to safety using the plane s tailhook.