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Veterans Alphabetical List

  • John Rosa

    Lieutenant General (Ret.) John Rosa entered the Air Force in May 1973 after receiving his commission from The Citadel, Charleston, S.C. Throughout his career, he served as an operations group commander and a wing commander three times. He also served as the deputy director for operations for the

  • Rogers Porter

    Colonel (Ret.) Rogers Porter, in 1946, took a flight in a surplus Army Stearman, which ignited a passion for flying. A local flying school let him fly for the price of gas, giving him an opportunity to earn his private pilot license. Once he had his license, he applied for the Aviation Cadet

  • Albert "Bud" Porter

    Staff Sergeant (Sep.) Albert "Bud" Porter served in the Eighth Air Force during World War II from October 1942 through November 1945. Originally designated to be a radio operator, “Bud” was surprised when he was assigned as a ball-turret gunner on a B-17. “I told the pilot, ‘I'm a radio operator,’

  • Robert Pardo

    Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Robert Pardo is known for carrying out the unorthodox aviation maneuver, later coined as the Pardo Push, to save the lives of his wingmen during a bombing mission over Vietnam, March 10, 1967, also earning the Silver Star. Pardo was then assigned to the 433rd Tactical

  • Thomas Newman

    Major (Ret.) Thomas Newman dropped out of high school in 1965, and military service was almost a certainty.It was 1965 and the Vietnam War was in full swing. After making the decision to enter the Air Force, Newman trained as a pararescueman—an elite rescue and recovery specialist. On completion of

  • 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

  • Joseph McElveen

    Captain (Sep.) Joseph McElveen took the leadership skills he learned during his time in service and used them to create a successful career. McElveen earned a commission upon graduating as a Distinguished Air Force Graduate from The Citadel, Charleston, S.C. in 1968. From there he went on to

  • Jeffrey Kubiak

    Colonel (Ret.) Jeffrey Kubiak served on active duty from 1984 to 2011.  Dr. Kubiak was a T-38 Talon instructor pilot for the 97th and 99th Training Squadron on Williams Air Force Base, Ariz.  He also piloted a B-1B Lancer for the 77th Bomb Squadron on Ellsworth AFB, S.D.  He was the commander of the

  • Kenneth Koval

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Kenneth Koval joined the Air Force in 1952 and attended B-36 Peacemaker school to be a gunner. Prior to finishing the class, he was sent to learn maintenance on B-47 Stratojets at Chennault Air Force Base in Lake Charles, La. After Chennault AFB closed in 1960, Koval was

  • Michael Kaplan

    Master Sergeant (Ret.) Michael Kaplan entered the Air Force in September 1981. He served as an avionics technician on the F-111 Aardvark until it was retired, in 1998. He then retrained into the graphic arts career field, where he became the visual information manager at his base and quickly rose

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