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Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner is credited with destroying eight MiG-15s and damaging another while assigned to the 336 Fighter Squadron in Korea. On Sept. 21, 1952, then-Major Risner scored double kills. He achieved ace status on Sept. 15, 1952, downing his fifth MiG-15. Risner entered the Air Force in 1944 and flew P-38, P-39, and P-40 fighers with the 30th Fighter Squadron in Panama from 1944 to 1946.