The Football War

A Vought F4U-5NL Corsair – at the Museo del Aire, Tegucigalpa (Honduras). This aircaft was sold to Honduras in 1956. In the so-called “Football War”, Cap. Fernando Soto in FAH-609 shot down a Salvadoran air force Cavalier F-51D Mustang and two Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs on 17 July 1969 during the last known air combat between piston-engined aircraft.

While we were in Vietnam, Central American banana republics were having their own troubles. My Daily Kona has the story.

Cap. Fernando Soto has a page in the Spanish language Wikipedia.