Bob Pardo, who made his mark in Air Force history for using an unorthodox maneuver, Pardo’s Push, to save the lives of his wingmen during a bombing mission during the Vietnam War, has died at 89.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A College Station man is being honored by friends and family as a veteran, decorated pilot and loving father. Lieutenant Colonel, John “Bob” Pardo, passed away in early ...

The famous episode when a USAF F-4 pushed another Phantom outside North Vietnam airspace. Developed as interceptor in response to the need of the U.S. Navy to protect its aircraft carriers, in 1963 ...

US Air Force legend Robert “Bob” Pardo, known for his selfless action known as “Pardo’s Push” during the Vietnam War, has died Dec. 5 in College Station, Texas. He was 89. On March 10, 1967, Pardo, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bob Pardo in 2017 in front of a model of an F-4 Phantom II at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona - USAF/Senior Airman Ridge Shan Bob ...

HEARNE, Texas (KBTX) - In Hearne, a “Pardo Push” painting was gifted to the Hearne Railroad Museum Depot. The painting depicts the “Pardo Push”, the real-life events of Lieutenant Colonel John “Bob” ...

The target was close: a North Vietnamese steel mill north of Hanoi. Several American fighter jets had already completed their attack runs. Now, the last group of F-4 Phantoms moved into position.

Bob Pardo, a fighter pilot who during the Vietnam War kept a wingman’s damaged plane aloft in a daring feat of aviation that became known as “Pardo’s Push,” died Dec. 5 in a hospital near his home in ...

COLLEGE STATION — Badly shot up on a mission over North Vietnam, an F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber with the radio call sign Cheetah 4 was rapidly leaking fuel. A few feet away, Capt. Bob Pardo was flying ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — This weekend’s Plane Talk presentation will address the famed aviation incident called “Pardo’s Push.” Bob Houghton, who was an F-4 weapon system officer during the Vietnam War, ...