@EngelKRichard@PrezWisdom I'd like to see President Jack Ryan ordering the Marine helo pilot to land on an Aegis cruiser in the Potomac River so he can be present when the cruiser shoots down a Chinese ballistic missile.
There's a story in Paul Gillchrist's biography of the F-8 from this period. RF-8 driver Tad Riley was running from a Cuban MiG-21 at low altitude (page 77) and deliberately flew less than 10 feet above a Cuban peasant taking a piss at supersonic speed. God knows how the peasant faired. Probably broke two eardrums.