“But I couldn’t see leaving a guy I’d just fought a battle with,” Pardo says, so he radioed Aman, “I’m gonna try to give you a push. Fly that thing as smooth as you’ve ever flown.

Fifty-eight years ago today, on March 10, 1967, "Pardo's Push" unfolded in the skies over Vietnam. On this day, Captain Bob Pardo and his WSO, 1st Lt. Steve Wayne, were assigned to attack a steel ...