Comments on: Randy “Duke” Cunningham, Vietnam War ace, has passed away https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2025/08/31/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-ace-has-passed-away/ The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Alioa https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2025/08/31/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-ace-has-passed-away/#comment-49824 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:57:57 +0000 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=4385#comment-49824 I was in the Navy during the time Randy became an Ace, I taught naval personnel how to repair the weapons radar in the F-4 at Miramar from 1971 until 1975, Randy was actually my districts representative. I became sick to find out that as a politician he also became a criminal. If politics can corrupt a man like that just think what it does to the rest of those in politics.

]]> By: John Nichols https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2025/08/31/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-ace-has-passed-away/#comment-49814 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:44:06 +0000 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=4385#comment-49814 My Father was a U.S. Navy F-8 fighter pilot during the Vietnam war.
He shot down a Mig 17 enemy fighter in a dogfight in 1968 and was one of the Navy pilots who started the Top gun School at Miramar.
May God bless all those who flew and fought in that terrible war.
And all those who never came home……

Thank you for your bravery, Sir, some of us will remember.
Now find your way home to the carrier fighter pilot, everyone is waiting for you.
JB Nichols IV November 2025

]]> By: Marc Lecocq https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2025/08/31/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-ace-has-passed-away/#comment-49774 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:57:12 +0000 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=4385#comment-49774 One after the other, all these witnesses of the past who wrote history leave us one after the other. It’s up to us to keep their memories. My thoughts go to his family members and those close ones.

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