Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air Force Maj. Robert Lodge (left) and Capt. Roger Locher (right) in the cockpit of their F-4D Phantom II at Udorn Royal Thai Air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maj. Robert Alfred Lodge was the consummate professional in U.S. Air Force circles. In his second tour of duty over Vietnam he ...

None of us believed him.” “Lodge’s Phantom was upside down,” Ritchie continued, “on fire and out of control at 7,000 feet when he told Roger Locher, ‘You can bail out if you want to.’ Locher barely ...