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Two wars, stand-offs with the Soviets and a world altitude record: Warren E Thompson talked to Colonel Howard Johnson about these and his other exploits

COLD WAR

KOREA AND VIETNAM

Captain Howard Johnson with his 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron Mustang, ‘The Little Monster’.
HARRY MORELAND

Graduating as a pilot in March 1943, Howard ‘Scrappy’ Johnson enjoyed a glittering 30-year air force career.

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