March 6, 201214 yr From Air Force Magazine, March 2012 issue [excerpt] The Man From Thud Ridge By John T. Correll Jack Broughton sacrificed his Air Force career to protect two of his pilots. When Air Force Col. Jacksel M. Broughton arrived for duty at Takhli Air Base in Thailand in September 1966, Rolling Thunder—the air war against North Vietnam—was entering its hottest phase.
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