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Today in History – July 15, 1967 – T.H. Herndon ejects from F-100D #563275

15 July 1967 – T.H. Herndon was flying F-100D #563275. Enroute to a target of 150 Vietcong in a treeline, he was hit by 57mm AAA during a climb. He ejected and was recovered by USAF Helo. Herndon was serving with the 531st TFS out of Bien Hoa AB.

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Bryant Phifer Culberson

Preferred Name: Bryant
Nickname/Call Sign: Culby/Tonto 4
Date of Birth: May 6, 1940
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Wetumpka, AL
Headed West Date: September 14, 2023
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“On take-off for a training mission at Cannon AFB, I heard a loud bump and was told by the tower that I was on fire. The SOF advised me to eject. I checked my instruments and everything appeared normal with no warning lights but I looked in the mirror and saw the flames.

I decided to get enough altitude for a safe ejection but was not going to jump out unless I found something definitely showing a fire. When I came out of burner, the fire went out. I had a wingman check me over and he said I was pouring fuel from the left wing tank and that the left gun bay door was missing.

When I landed I found out that the gun bay door had not been secured and came off on rotation and that the fuel tank had a big hole in the inboard side.

Another day at the office.”

Units Assigned

  • Basic pilot training, Reese AFB
  • Pilot training, Perrin AFB, TX/Tyndall AFB, FL (F-102, F-101)
  • 1964 Pilot, Otis AFB, MA (F-101)
  • 1966 Check out F-100. Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)
  • 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1967 931st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Forward Air Controller, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (O1-E)
    Wounded in the Battle of Dak To
  • While in recuperation he became an instructor for the AFA Military Training Department
  • Pilot, Mountain Home AFB, ID (F-111)
  • 1975 Air Command and Staff College ( Distinguished Graduate)
  • 1975-1977 HQ, 9th Air Force Plans Officer
  • 1977-1978 HQ USAF Concepts and Doctrine Division
  • 1978 National War College
  • 1979-1980 Advisor to the US Military Training Mission, detachment commander, Saudi Arabia (F-5)
  • 1980 HQ Pacific Command, Plans and Programs officer, Hawaii
  • 1982-1985 HQ TAC, Deputy Director of Operational Plans and Programs
  • 2md Aircraft Delivery Group, Commander, Langley AFB, VA (F-15, F-16)
  • 1985 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, Commander for Operations, Tinker AFB, OK (E-3A)
  • 1987 Air War College, Professor/ Chairman of the Department of Military Studies, Maxwell AFB
  • 1993 Retired USAF

Awards & Decorations

Silver Star
Silver Star
Bronze Star
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Air Medal (7)
Legion Of Merit
Legion of Merit

Flight Info

F-102
F-101
F-100 (about 100 hours)
F-111
F-5
F-15
F-16
E-3A

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • SOS
  • 1975 Air Command and Staff College
  • 1978 National War College
  • 1987 Air War College

Civilian Education:

  • 1963 BS/Aerospace Sciences, USAF Academy
  • MPA, Auburn University

Bryant Phifer Culberson, Colonel USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on September 14, 2023.

Bryant P Culberson, 83, was born on May 6, 1940 in Tuscaloosa, AL, and passed away on September 14, 2023 in Wetumpka, AL.

Visitation was held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Wetumpka, AL on September 20, 2023 with a Graveside Service afterwards at Evergreen Cemetery in Tuscaloosa, AL.

Bryant attended Kemper Military School, University of Alabama, Air Force Academy, Squadron Officers School, Air Command and Staff College, National War College, and Auburn University.

Bryant served in the US Air Force.

In honor of Bryant’s memory, donations can be made to Ivy Creek Hospice or Elmore County Humane Society.

 

Published by Legacy on Sep. 17, 2023.

Bryant and Maura Culberson
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