The Nearest Launch to Nuclear Weapons

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I lost more comrades in the cold war than I did into Vietnam or from accidents training accidents Or from what? Well, a lot of it was highly classified. There's one thing is my pet peeve right now Is that there's korea of all the wars Everybody has a monument there on the mall and there's no monument about the cold war. And we won that damn thing. We're really dead. We want it.

Retired United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot, test pilot, and record-breaking aviator who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight with co-pilot Jeana Yeager. He was born in Loma Linda, California, where he gained an interest in flying at a young age. He is the older brother of famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan, whose many earlier original designs Dick piloted on class record-breaking flights, including Voyager.

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