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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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Campbell, Frank B.

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Frank B. Campbell

Preferred Name: Ted
Date of Birth: July 17, 1944
Highest Military Grade: 0-9 – Lieutenant General
Hometown: Aynor, SC
Biography
Pilot Information

I loved every minute flying the F-100.

Units Assigned

  • 6/1967-6/1968 Pilot training, Reese AFB, TX
  • 6/1968-3/1969 F-100 training, Cannon AFB, NM
  • 3/1969-2/1970 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 2/1970-9/1973 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Holloman AFB, NM/Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand (F-4D)
  • 9/1973-7/1976 Fighter tactics analyst, Deputy chief of staff, Intelligence, Headquarters US Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, West Germany
  • 7/1976-6/1977 311th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Instructor pilot, Flight commander, Luke AFB, AZ (F-4)
  • 6/ 1977-6/1979 555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron/58th Tactical Training Wing, Instructor pilot and flight commander and chief, standardization, and evaluation, Luke AFB, AZ (F-15)
  • 6/1979-8/1980 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
  • 8/1980-10/1982 555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Assistant operations officer and operations officer, Luke AFB, AZ
  • 10/1982-8/1986 Action officer, fighter division; deputy division chief, programs division; and executive officer to the deputy chief of staff, programs, and resources, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, D.C.
  • 8/1986-3/1988 Instructor pilot and deputy commandant, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV (F-15)
  • 3/1988-7/1988 Commandant, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV.
  • 7/1988-6/1989 4440th Operational Group Red Flag. Commander, Nellis AFB, NV
  • 7/1989-7/1990 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, Vice commander, Holloman AFB, NM
  • 1/1990-11/1991 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, Commander, Holloman AFB, NM
  • 12/1991-4/1992 49th Operational Group, Commander, Holloman AFB, NM
  • 8/1992-4/1993 Deputy director of forces, Deputy chief of staff, plans and operations, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, D.C.
  • 4/1993-3/1995, Director of modeling, simulation and analysis, Deputy chief of staff, plans and operations, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, DC
  • 4/1995-7/1995 Director of forces, Deputy chief of staff, plans, and operations, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, DC
  • 7/1995-11/1996 Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, VA
  • 12/1996-11/1997 Commander, Twelfth Air Force, and US Southern Command Air Forces, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
  • 12/1997-12/2000, Director for force structure, resources, and assessment, J-8, the Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, DC

Awards & Decorations

Air Medal
Air Medal

Flight Info

F-100
F-4
F-15

Flight Hours: 4000 in F-100/F-4/F-15

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • SOS
  • ACSC
  • NWC

Civilian Education:

  • The Citadel

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