"The A-6 was one of the greatest combat aircraft ever. Period. End of discussion. And that’s not just my viewpoint; it’s the opinion of almost everyone who ever flew one into hostile fire.”   “[On] October 27, Phil and I ran Hanoi. It was the wildest ride of my life. The planners wanted three strings of seeds placed in the marshy waterway on Hanoi’s eastern flank. The skipper selected three crews: his own, one of the hotshot junior officer crews, and us...Everything went as planned until