On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:13:25 -0700, Ed Rasimus
wrote:

On 25 Dec 2004 01:12:23 -0600, "Matt Wiser"

And, you should know that the pair were the children of Col. (ret.)
"Lucky" Ekman--one of the finest F-105 pilots ever to strap on the
airplane and probably the holder of the greatest number of F-105 North
Vietnam combat missions.

From www.af.mil

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Capt. Ken Ekman and his sister, 1st Lt.
Katie Ekman came to their first aerial duel over South Korea during
air-to-air combat training recently.
Ken flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon with Osan’s 36th Fighter Squadron
and Katie flies an F-15 Eagle for the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena
Air Base, Japan.

Six Eagles were supposed to have “jumped” four Falcons in a mock air
battle. But a glitch took four F-15s out of the fight. So the clash
was a bit of a mismatch, Ken said.

Who won? Neither will say. Both did say they’d never forget the fight.

The Ekmans are a flying family. Their dad is former Air Force fighter
pilot. Ken took to the air in a glider at age 16 and Katie was flying
it as a high school sophomore. With three fighter pilots in the
family, table talk at family get-togethers soon turns to flying.

“Sometimes Mom has to step in and tell us to knock off the ‘shop
talk,’ ” Ken said.
— Staff Sgt. Gino Mattorano