Please tell me this is the name of a famous Air Force general

[jmowreader]

http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/fairchild-unveils-new-wing-headquarters/25081370

Fairchild Air Force Base just opened its new $13.5-million headquarters building for the two aerial refueling units tenant at the Eastern Washington Base. There's a sign out front. The street address of the building is on the sign.

"1 East Bong Street."

[Ptah]

1. ...

Richard Ira "Dick" Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) is the United States' highest-scoring air ace, having shot down at least 40 Japanese aircraft during World War II. He was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. All of his aerial victories were in the P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong

[Aristus]

2. Probably named after Major Richard Bong.

WWII Flying Ace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong

[jmowreader]

6. Who died in the most fucked-up way possible

A fuel pump did what the Japanese Air Force never could.

Thanks.

[Aristus]

7. Yeah...

[whistler162]

8. A refueling unit on the street

named after a man killed because of a fuel pump problem.

[jmowreader]

9. The way the Army names airfields is even more fucked-up

If the base is named after a person, it's almost a universal that the person who it was named after was the first pilot to die in an aerial operation at that base. Ex: the airfield at Fort Drum is Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. Wheeler and Sack were right and left seat in an airplane that went down the second day the airfield was in operation.

[catnhatnh]

3. Fighter Pilot WW2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong

[OriginalGeek]

4. So.

Dick Bong.





I'd smoke from one.

[Scuba]

5. Superior Wisconsin's own Richard Bong!