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Ex-Air Force Intel Officer: Cold War F-16s, Desert Storm and Iran Strategy (Michael Makatura)
Michael 'Mak' Makatura served as the Executive Officer of the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hahn Air Base, Germany, and later as an Air Force Intelligence Officer where he was the Distinguished Graduate of two Air Force Intelligence Officer schools. Born into a working-class family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he never imagined he would one day be part of a fighter squadron that would help shape the final days of the Cold War and later participate in Operation Desert Storm.
Michael reflects on the tensions and very real nuclear threat as he served while the Cold War between the USA and…
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