Category: Bio
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Clark, Ronald D.
Awaiting Bio and location– Ronald Clark not yet located! May be in GA, IA or FL Initially, was from Iowa. He separated from the Air Force and flew with one of the airlines. Efforts to locate Ron have not been successful as of 11 February 2023.
Carroll, Robert G.-Bob
Carroll, Robert G.- Bob Born in Binghamton, New York. Grew up in Cranford, New Jersey; attended and graduated from The Pennington School in 1962. Graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BS degree in Commerce in 1966. Received the Cadet of the Year Award in Air Force ROTC in junior year and selected for […]
White, Arthur (Phil) P.
White, Arthur (Phil) P. Upon graduation from 68E, classmate Ken Grice and I drove to Spokane, WA for Survival School, then on to Castle AFB, CA for KC-135 school. Lucky for me, I got an airplane with “many engines” which pulled “few G’s”. Never did like pulling those “G’s”! Out of Castle, they sent me […]
Wright, Ralph E.
Wright, Ralph E. NOTE: UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM– Graduated San Diego State University, 1965, degree in Music. Taught junior high school music, 1965-66. Awarded Masters in Music, 1968 (spent weekends at OSU in Stillwater doing the required research!) Entered the Air Force OTS in September, 1967. Upon graduation, assigned to Vance AFB for pilot training. […]
Weiland, Harold B. (Hal)
Weiland, Harold B. (Hal) After UPT and Castle I spent several years at Grand Forks flying tankers, which I mostly enjoyed. While there, Karlene and I adopted a baby girl in the spring and that same year in fall I got orders to 9th SOS in Vietnam. I eventually ended up in 361st Tactical Electronic […]
Waldow, Williard, A.
Waldow, Willard A. AWAITING BIO on the Class leader who flew the C-141 and was also C-141 IP at Altus. Will started his Air Force career as a aviation cadet at Harlingen AFB, Texas when he underwent Navigator training. After additional training he flew the B-52 out of Westover AFB, MA. After a few years […]
Trease, Kenneth R.
Trease, Kenneth R. After pilot training I flew C-130A’s in Viet Nam. I was stationed at Naha AB, Okinawa but all the flying was TDY stints out of Cam Ranh Bay from ’68 to ’71. It was a great assignment and my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our time there. Our son was born there […]
Thronson, Wayne, A.
Thronson, Wayne A. Vance AFB Pilot Training class 68E C-141 Warner Robbin’s AFB, Macon, GA 1968 Transition helicopter training for SEA Assignment. Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX 1969. Bell UH-1 and Sikorsky C-3 Training -Eglin AFB, Destin-Fort Walton Beach, FL. . HH-53 Super Jolly Green Training Training 1969, 40th ARRS Udorn Royal Thai AFB 1970-1971 […]
Strauss, Alan D.
Strauss, Alan D. AWAITING BIO— NOT RECEIVED YET! Al separted from the Air Force and set up his own business. He resides in Ohio.