Roger Johnson

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“Veronica” by Roger Johnson

Submitted to Contest #194

    While in my early 20s I went on a work-related trip to MacDill AFB; it was the early 80s. I was a new fighter pilot then, a 2nd Lt, and flying the F-4 Phantom. On my fifth day of this deployment, I flew three sorties (flights) in a row against the famous USAF Aggressors. At that time, they were the best air to air fighter pilots in the United States Air Force. It was the first time I had fought those guys (no women fighter pilots then) and it was exhausting. I had been huffing and puffing against the constant G forces...

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Former USAF F-16/F-4 Fighter Pilot, 35 year international airline pilot and Captain on multiple aircraft. Author of 3 books via Road Scholar Publishers and Available on Amazon under Roger Blair Johnson. Substack writer..."The Flying Life." Married, father of 5 children.