Welcome to a special episode of Cowboy Time at The Fighter Pilots' Guide to Living.

TACO and Beth are discussing U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams Jr.'s incredibly heroic dogfight in the Korean War, when the Panther pilot downed one MiG-15 and subsequently took on 6 Soviet fighters single-handedly, killing two more MiGs and sending another to crash-land in Siberia before returning to the boat only to be targeted by his own carrier group. Though the truth of Williams' heroism was classified for over half a century. The Silver Star recipient was originally credited with one MiG kill and one probable, but following Russia's and the NSA's revelations that Williams' true count in that outnumbered dog fight was three MiG kills and one probable, Williams was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump's recent State of the Union.We discuss the events of the day, the consummate professionalism Williams demonstrated, and the importance of including his actions in the written and oral history of Naval aviation.

About the hosts:Mitch 'TACO' Parmentier has 16 years of experience with the F/A-18 Super Hornet as a Weapons System Operator (WSO). He has a longstanding love of aviation and history that he brings to the podcast.Beth Bailey was raised by F-14 Radar Intercept Officer Glen 'Wheels' Wheless and grew up around aviators and their unique brand of storytelling for most of her childhood. Beth worked in support of Afghanistan operations as a civilian intelligence analyst for the Department of the Army between 2010 and 2013. She is a freelance contributor to Fox News Digital and the Washington Examiner, and host of The Afghanistan Project Podcast.