26 June 1969 – Capt John Casper was serving with the 413th TFS out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. On a mission to detect VietCong...
Read MoreAfter departing the USAF in 1975, I spent thirty (30) years at General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin in Ft. Worth, Texas on the F-16 Program as a Systems Engineer, International Marketing Manager, and Program Manager. I worked on the F-16 Program from prototype days to nearly the last ones built. Great ride and learned so much by working a dozen entirely different jobs or projects.
I’m now retired and living in Ft. Worth doing photography, especially of aircraft museums and air shows, old trains, and landscapes. My pictures are at TomClarkPhotography.Com, including the last two SSS reunions and some great landscapes shot in the Nevada desert.
Units Assigned
- 1967-1968 Class 68H, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100D)
- 1969-1970 614th TFS Phan Rang AB, RVN (F-100D)
- 1970 4453d CCTW F-4 Transition in IP school (F-4)
- 1970-1971 45th TFS F-4E Macdill AFB, FL (F4-E)
- 1/1971-2/1971 FWS Wild Weasel School, Nellis AFB, NV
- 1971-1973 81st TFS, Zwiebrucken and Spangdahlem AB, Germany (F4-C “Wild Weasel”)
- 1973-1974 615th TFS Torrejon AB, Spain (F-4 E/ C)
- 1975 15th CCTW Luke AFB, AZ
Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters

AF Commendation Medal

Combat Readiness Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Vietnam Service Medal
Flight Info
F-100 D
F-4 E/C “Wild Weasel”
Military & Civilian Education
Military Education:
- UPT Class 68H at Williams AFB, AZ
- 1/1971-2/1971 FWS Wild Weasel School, Nellis AFB, NV
Civilian Education:
- Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill