William Patrick "Willy Irish" Driscoll[1] (born March 5, 1947) is a retired commander in the United States Navy and a highly decorated flying ace.

He was assigned to the F-4 Phantom II as a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO), part of the two-man aircrews that had been developed to employ the air-to-air missiles that had become the primary weapons of aerial combat.

They became the Navy's only two flying aces during the Vietnam War while VF-96 was embarked on a Western Pacific deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

After they bombed their intended ground target, they engaged 16 MiG interceptors that converged on a bomber convoy of USAF Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses attacking a railyard in Hải Dương.

[5] Driscoll works in real estate in San Diego,[2] though he continues to serve as a consultant and public speaker focusing on military aviation issues.