“I thought to myself ‘this is it - I’m a dead man.’”
As Lt. Col. Rob Sweet, the last serving Air Force prisoner of war, approached retirement on June 6, he recalled the moment during Operation Desert Storm when his A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft was shot down by enemy forces southwest of Basra, Iraq.
Date Taken: | 06.06.2021 |
Date Posted: | 06.08.2021 15:43 |
Category: | Package |
Video ID: | 800192 |
VIRIN: | 210606-F-TY831-643 |
Filename: | DOD_108386202 |
Length: | 00:00:47 |
Location: | MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, GEORGIA, US |
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