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Re:US Pilot Shot Down Four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – A sec... by dmoy on Saturday January 21, 2023 @11:57AM (#34467794)
Self-sacrifice and very high risk of one's own life (a not insignificant number are given posthumously)

So a lot of medal of honor recipients are infantry pulling wounded squad mates out of danger in extreme circumstances.

The entire air force has only 17, the army has over two thousand.

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Re:US Pilot Shot Down Four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – A sec... by sigzero on Saturday January 21, 2023 @12:17PM (#34467973)
He did risk his life when he interjected himself between the fleet and the approaching MIGs and then spent the next 30 minutes in a dogfight to down 4 of them. It's probably a lot harder in the Air Force to get one but I would consider that one.
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Re:US Pilot Shot Down Four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – A sec... by bbarnett on Saturday January 21, 2023 @12:23PM (#34468048)
He was brave, and did his duty. But, is this different than infantry advancing while under fire?
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