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Today in History – January 31, 1968 – F-100 pilots Maj Joe Bulger and 1Lt “Fearless” Fred Abrams are given the worst kind of mission

31 January 1968 – On the first full day of the Tet Offensive, Major Joe Bulger (Flight Lead) and 1Lt “Fearless” Fred Abrams were asked to bomb their own base. In the early hours of the day, Vietcong forces had launched an attack on Bien Hoa AB. “The whole east end was hot,” Abrams said.

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Brown, Robert J.

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Robert J. Brown

Preferred Name: Bob
Date of Birth: July 30, 1950
Highest Military Grade: Select
Biography
Pilot Information

From 1959 to May of 1990, Bob worked as the Technical Publications Project Manager at Rockwell. From June 1976 to June of 1980 he also worked as a Chief Flight Instructor at A.C. Aviation. In May 1990, he was promoted to Project Manager at Rockwell while simultaneously serving with the Ohio ANG.

Units Assigned

  • 166th Tactical Fighter Squadron/121st Tactical Fighter Wing, OHANG/ Lockbourne AFB, OH (F-100)

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F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1944-1948 Dickinson HS, Jersey City, NJ
  • 1948-1951 Muskingum College, New Concord, OH

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