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Veterans Alphabetical List

  • Jack Bond

    Colonel (Ret.) Jack Bond began his Air Force career in 1951, after graduating from Texas A&M where he earned his commission through their ROTC Program. As a reconnaissance pilot during the Vietnam War, Bond flew 132 combat missions. During one of these missions he was shot down and eventually

  • Ben Bloker

    Master Sergeant (Ret.) Ben Bloker joined the Air Force in August, 1990 as a military photographer. When asked why he joined he would exclaim, “because I like planes!” During his 24-year career as photographer, Bloker specialized in photojournalism and aerial photography. After logging more than 121

  • Dorthy Martin

    Airman (Sep.) Dorthy Martin joined the Air Force in 1950 straight out of high school. After basic training and attending photo school in Denver, Colo., she was assigned to the photo shop at Buckley Air Force Base. At her assignment, Martin met her husband and became pregnant with their child shortly

  • David Hetzel

    Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) David Hetzel is a Bakerton, W.Va., native who commissioned at the University of West Virginia. He began his active-duty Air Force journey at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. as an air-police officer in 1959. During his 25-year career, he served numerous positions including

  • Patrick Young

    Technical Sergeant (Ret.) Patrick Young deployed more than 30 times as an F-16 crew chief to forward operating bases around the world. He retired from active duty in 2007. After Young left the military, he tried many different jobs, but quickly learned he suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  • Bob Vasquez

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Bob Vasquez joined the Air Force on February 1, 1972 and spent 24 years playing with the United States Air Force bands throughout the world. He also served as Commandant of the Noncommissioned Officer Academy at March Air Force Base, Calif., Senior Enlisted Advisor to

  • Richard Toliver

    Colonel (Ret.) Richard Toliver graduated from Tuskegee Institute University in January 1963 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He learned from the Tuskegee Airmen, and proudly accepted their challenge to faithfully serve the nation as their “protégé.” He began his Air Force

  • William Tippins

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) William Tippins was in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a POW (prisoner of war). During his 18 months in captivity, he escaped three times from the Germans and once from Russian liberators before returning to American care. After the war, Tippins tried to join

  • Durward Swanson

    Technical Sergeant (Sep.) Durward Swanson was a Georgia farm boy who joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1939. At 18 years old, Swanson's first duty station was Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Swanson was an aircraft mechanic until a sergeant saw him riding a motorcycle and promoted him to buck

  • Jennifer Stone

    Senior Airman (Sep.) Jennifer Stone separated from the Air Force after being shot in a drive-by shooting while on leave. The bullet tore into her arm, ripping through her chest and devastating major organs.  After multiple surgeries and months of recuperation later, Stone returned to duty and

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