Lt. Frank Luke can be seen here in this 1918 photo standing next to the wreckage of a kill. He was famous as the "Arizona Balloon Buster," having taken out 14 German observation balloons before he was ...

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A F-22 raptor that shot down a Chinese spy balloon on Saturday used the callsign "FRANK." The callsign was a tribute to a legendary World War I pilot named Frank Luke Jr. Luke downed 14 German ...