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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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Clark, Thomas H.

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Thomas Herbert Clark

Preferred Name: Tom
Date of Birth: March 13, 1945
Highest Military Grade: 0-3 – Captain
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
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After 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
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
AF Commendation Medal
Combat Readiness Medal
Combat Readiness Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Vietnam Service Medal
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

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