Royce Williams Medal of Honor: 1v7 MiG Dogfight Episode 200

So There I Was · Feb 26, 2026 · transcript

Royce Williams Medal of Honor recipient joins the show to recount a legendary tale. Imagine bringing a knife to a gunfight. In this case, the knife is a subsonic F9F Panther. Furthermore, the guns are seven Soviet MiG-15s. This was just a typical Tuesday for Captain Royce Williams. In this episode, we unpack a 35-minute dogfight hidden for half a century. The government kept it secret to avoid a "diplomatic risk." Consequently, we dive into how Royce used his underpowered jet like a ballerina. He dodged 760 rounds of Russian spite. Then, he limped back to the carrier in a jet that looked like…