In Popular Culture
- In the adventure/drama TV series JAG, episode 5.03, a manoeuvre based on Pardo's Push is used by the show's lead character, Harmon Rabb, in order to get another aircraft to safety. In the credits of the episode the following appears: "On March 10th, 1967, U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Pardo used his F-4 Phantom to push a fellow American's badly damaged jet from North Vietnam into friendly territory. We salute Captain Pardo for his inspirational courage and ingenuity."
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