what got me want to write??

Colonel John R. Boyd, US Air Force

At first, what interest me was that he was a fighter pilot and the first time that i actually know about him was because he was consider to be the father of the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. He is part of a group called the "Fighter Mafia". As the leader and driving force behind this group, he managed to transform single-handedly the way military aircrafts are design.

As a fighter pilot and an instructor, he is known as 40 second Boyd. Able to defect anyone who challenge him in a dog fight in less than forty seconds. but it hit me as he never shot any planes down therefore was not an ace. But for the record, he was undefeated by fighter pilots within the US armed services and exchange pilots from around the world. Whoever challenged him to a dog fight will get hosed down in less than forty seconds.

But what made him truly great was after he left the cockpit. He create a radical theory of conflict at that time ignored by the generals but love by a lot of junior officers and as high ranking as the current vice president of the US. And there is no doubt in my mind that he is the architect behind the first gulf war.

A fighter on the ground as well as in the air, he was brilliant, smart, stubborn and virtually always right! As a captain, when talking to colonels or generals. He would poke them in the chest and talk loudly and wave his arms around so much that he will be know as a very good presenter about his ideas in the air force. Wish I was brave and smart enough to do this.

being christian