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December 9, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 16, 2011.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Dolphin D. Overton became a flying ace in just four days during the Korean War, the fastest in history for a jet fighter pilot?

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Ribbons

(moved from WP:ERRORS) - in the Awards & Decorations section, the pictures of the ribbons do not correlate with the written links. The two in question are bottom row 2^nd and 3^rd. Either the pictures need to be swapped or the written links need to be swapped. Kiltpin (talk) 00:16, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 00:55, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Math problem

"Over the course of four days and four missions, he downed five Soviet aircraft;[5] two on 21 January and one each on 22 and 23 January.[4]"

2+1+1=4, not 5. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.231.236.158 (talk) 05:10, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The following sentences establish the fifth kill. —Ed!^(talk) 21:55, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

be careful

We have to be careful that we are neutral and don't side with this dead guy but give equal weight to the story of the USAF. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eclipse ahead cover your ears (talk • contribs) 03:55, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]