Cesar Rodriguez (pilot)
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Cesar Antonio Rodriguez is a former United States Air Force (USAF) officer and pilot who served from 1981 to 2006. With three air-to-air combat victories, he joined USAF pilots Thomas Dietz, Robert Hehemann and Robert Wright as the closest to becoming a flying ace of any U.S. pilot since the Vietnam War.[2] Rodriguez scored his kills in an F-15 Eagle - the first two kills in 1991, during the first Gulf War, against a Mikoyan MiG-29 and a Mikoyan MiG-23 of the Iraqi Air Force, and his third kill came against a MiG-29 of the Yugoslav air force during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[2]
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Cesar Antonio Rodriguez | |
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Nickname(s) | "Rico" |
Born | (1959-03-22) March 22, 1959 (age 65) El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
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Years of service | 1981–2006[1] |
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Unit | 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing |
Battles/wars | Persian Gulf War |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross Legion of Merit |
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