“…you have to make a decision: to be or to do.”
Colonel John Richard Boyd (1927-1997)
The scene — Fighter Weapon School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada: “40-seconds and your mine,” snarled a confident Air Force Captain John Boyd to his challengers. “Meet me at 30,000 feet on my tail. I’ll reverse and get you in my guns in 40-seconds…or I’ll give you 40 dollars!”
Quite a wager for a Captain in the 1950’s by any standards—even more so when the challenge is laid at the feet of pilots at the premier fighter training facility in the country. Invariably, students found themselves in front of him wishing they’d never taken the bet.… Read the rest
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