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Today in History – January 29, 1991 – Eagle shoots down Iraqi MiG-23’s

29 January 1991 – An American F-15C shot down an IRAF MiG-23 fleeing to Iran with an AIM-7 missile. “During the Air War over Iraq, the mighty Eagle proved to be a very robust airframe, bringing back its pilots after suffering serious damages. After the first ten days of the first Gulf Air War, to

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Casillas, Eleas M.

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Eleas M. Casillas

Preferred Name: Cas
Date of Birth: April 14, 1932
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Santa Monica, CA
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After retiring from the USAF, Eleas Casillas became a Committee Chair for the Orange Empire Military Officers’ Club in Redland, CA.

At one time Eleas owned an L-29 Delfin.

 

Units Assigned

  • 1961 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing, Operational Training, Class 62C, Nellis, AFB NV (F-105)
  • 7/1966 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tahkli AB, Thailand (F-105)
  • 1970 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron/354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Commander, Kunsan AB, South Korea
  • 1976 4th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron/49th Fighter Wing, Commander

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F-100
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Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1972 College of Naval Warfare

Civilian Education:

  • 1950 Santa Monica High School
  • 1972 Political Science/International Military Affairs, the University of Rhode Island

Casillas Eleas As Commander
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