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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Eraysor on 2025-07-04 12:54:57+00:00.

Original Title: TIL during the Vietnam War, pilot Bob Pardo used his F-4 Phantom II aircraft to physically push his wingman’s heavily damaged Phantom through the air to friendly airspace to avoid them having to bail out over North Vietnamese territory, even when his own jet’s engine caught fire