Hole. Lee. Sh*t. “In 1952, then-LieutenantWilliams was serving with VF-781 aboard the USS Oriskanyas part of Task Force 77. On 18 November 1952, on his second mission of the day, while on combat air patrolnear Hoeryong, North Korea, his group of four pilots spotted seven MiG-15soverhead. The other three pilots had to return to the carrier and the MiGs began to fire on Williams, putting him into a one-man dogfight with seven MiG-15s that lasted 35 minutes.[5] It is believed to be the longest dogfight in U.S. Navy history.[3] Commanders on his carrier ordered him away, but Williams had to tell them that he was already fighting for his life.[6] He shot down four of the MiGs and likely hit two others.[7] By the end of the 35-minute period, only one of the MiGs was still in the air with him, and he managed to escape back to his carrier, out of ammunition and having lost his hydraulics. He was uninjured, but 263 holes were counted in his Panther jet.”