In Memoriam

We toast our faithful comrades now fallen from the sky And gently caught by God’s own hand To be with Him on high.

To dwell among the soaring clouds They knew so well before From dawn patrol and victory roll At heaven’s very door.

And as we fly among them there We’re sure to hear their plea–

“Take care, my friend; watch your six, And do one more roll…Just for me.”

By Navy Captain Jerry Coffee (composed while a POW in Hanoi)

Capt Roger E. Wichman, USAF, KIA 1968

Robert E. Phillips – Headed West (1930 – 2002)

Jack Pitchford Headed West

Kennith Waring Headed West May 4, 2010

Colonel Roger D. Ingvalson Headed West

Denis M. “Denny” Cordero Headed West

Julian D. “Buzz” Sawyer, Col, USAF (Ret) 83 Headed West

James McKean (USAFA ’63) Headed West

General Robert W Bazley (87) Headed West

John “Deacon” Russell headed West

Bob Draper headed west

Tom Murch Headed West

Wes Scheirman Headed West

“Wee” Willie Wilson – Memorial Service

Wee Willie Wilson Memorial Dinner recap thanks to Don Sheppard

Wee Willie Wilson Eulogy – Don Sheppard

Willie Wilson Eulogy – Jim Quick

Remembering Fred Dent

Ken Miles Headed West Sunday

Robert M. Blocher, flew West on 18 May 2014

Robert Dunham Headed West

Gary W. Parent headed West

John Anderson headed West Services 21 June in FL

Dale Rook has headed West

William “Whitey” Lemmond headed West

Stanton (Stan) Richard Musser headed West (2012)

Mike Cooper headed West

Paul Stafford Johnson, Jr. headed West

Dale Shaw headed West

Jerry Farrell headed West

Steve Nagel headed West August 21

Paul E. Boehk “Headed West” on August 20, 2014.

John S. (Boomer) Hoffman headed West

Dave Milam headed West

Michael K. Ryan and Ada Ryan Headed West

Jim Van Scyoc headed West

Dale W. Leatham headed West

Eugene "Gene" Tatro (79) headed west

Pete Gunn, 76 headed West November 20th

Tom Emmett Headed West

Tom Tapman, 83 headed West December 26

Joe Coughlin Headed west

Keith Heiniger – Headed West (1931-2015)

Tom Swalm headed West

James F. “Knobby” Walsh headed West

Daniel Guy McIntosh headed West

Carlos Maurice “Tote” Talbott, LtGen USAF (Ret) headed west

Jack Wilhite headed West

Les Leavoy headed west

Jim Flemming, RAAF headed west

Joe Reynes headed west

Walter E. Carson headed west

Robert L. Brusenhan, Jr. M.D. Headed West

Doug Harrington headed west

Bob Franke headed west

Robert “Bob” Eugene Railey Headed West

Charles Hugh Smith headed west

Carmine R. “Dick” Bassano headed west March 29th

Jack Donovan – Headed West (1933 – 2015)

Higgy Higginbotham headed west February 18th

Edgar “Gris” Grischkowsky Memorial Service June 5th

Bob Bryan “Misty 77” headed west

Jim Dogette headed west

Ed Risinger headed west

Joseph H. “Turkey Joe” Turner headed west

Gordon Young headed west

John Robert “Chilly” Childers headed west

Dale Smith headed west

Richard F. Kenney, with 4 Kill’s as a LT, Headed West

Roland Korte headed west

James “Dick” Hale Headed West

Charles “Charlie Brown” Levingston Mason, Jr Headed West

George (Shep) H. Kerr Headed West

Maj Gen John France Service, Monday 26 October 2015

Steven Christopher Cucci Headed West

Wild Weasel Jack” Donovan Honored with Fly By at Arlington National Cemetery

James “Jim” G. Allen Flew West

Charles D. (Chuck) MacGillivray Headed West

Ben Boyer Headed West

Ted Banick – Headed West (1932 – 2015)

Robert Merle Sumner Headed West January 1, 2016

Dale L. Hartman Headed West

Kent and Patricia Bankus – Headed West (1942 – 2016)

SSS member Fred Cherry Headed West

Carlton B. “Bud” Stoddard – Headed West (1921-2016)

Fred V. Cherry – Headed West (Unknown – 2016)

Brad Telshaw – Headed West (1935 – 2016)

Tommy W. Gordon – Headed West (Unknown – 2016)

Wayne E. Davis – Headed West (1931 – 2016)

Arlo Wenstrand – Headed West (1935 – 2016)

Ray Malacarne – Headed West (1935 – 2016)

Lt. Col. William F. Pearce (USAF Ret.) – Headed West (1925 – 2016)

Roy Ripley – Headed West (Unknown – 2016)

Al Logan Headed West May 10, 2016

Richard (Dick) Clark Headed West

Gayle Gardner Headed West

Garrett Lynn Redeske Headed West July 12

Frank Gioco Headed West July 20th

William “Chops” Lamb Headed West

Richard James Miles Headed West August 8, 2016

MajGen Ben Patterson Headed West

Clarence P. “CP” Bell Headed West

William (Bill) Whelchel Headed West

Col Kenneth “Sam” Alton Shealy. USAF (Ret) 87 Headed West

William D. “Don” Castleman Headed West

Earl J. Archer Jr., 88 Headed West October 3, 2016

James E. Williamson Headed West

Charter SSS Member and Esteemed F-100 Pilot R A. “Bob” Hoover Headed West

Carl Patrick Laughlin, MD, Headed West

Warren “Van” Vanderburgh Headed West

Leo Canavan Headed West

Bobby E. Walls MGen, USAF Headed West

Stan Smith Headed West

Elmer Slavey Headed West

Jack Doub Headed West

Harry Scott Headed West

LtGen Bill Campbell Headed West

Robert L. Cass Headed West

Richard Y. Costain Headed West

Hank Rettinger (95) Headed West

SSS Member Charles Watry (93) Headed West

Paul Rex Hammock, Headed West

Jack Harris (Misty 10) Headed West

Harv Kimsey Headed West March 19, 2017

Perry M. Lusby (98) – Headed West

Lee Raymond Allmann Headed West, March 21, 2017

William Vincent Keenan Jr. LtCol (USAF) USAFA ’63 Headed West

Gerald Dean (Jerry) Grimmonpre’ Headed West

Leo K. Thorsness, Headed West May 2, 2017

Paul Phillips, Early F-100 Pilot Headed West

Paul E. Wagner Headed West

Captain Joseph S. Smith (352nd TFS) Finally Coming Home

George W. Dooley Headed West

John Kevin “Jake” Neely Headed West

Chief Joseph Gordy, former F-100 Crew Chief Headed West

John R. Wilson Headed West

Walter J. Rabe Headed West

Charles W. McClarren Headed West

Robert (Bob) Ellsworth Jamison Headed West

Michael G. “Mike” Major – Headed West

Robert Leroy Groshner – Headed West

Robert L Finkenstaedt Jr. – Headed West

John A Stottlemyer Headed West

Donald L. Abbott Headed West October 16, 2017

Sam Winborn Headed West

James A. (Jim) Bustle Headed West

Alexander McDermont – Headed West

SSS Member Col Williard S. Gideon, Former Vietnam POW Headed West

Alfred “Fred” Westerberg, Jr. (Colonel, Ret.) Headed West on November 18, 2017

Donald Langston – Headed West

David L. Quinlan Headed West Jan 10, 2018

Robert J “Bob” Eccles Headed West

Henry “Hank” Gallmeyer 75 Headed West February 2, 2018

Jack Funke Headed West

Robert “Bob” Speilman Headed West

Ronald L. Bewley perished in an 614th TFS F-4E off the coast of Turkey in 1972

James T. “Jim” Harwood Headed West

John P Haddock, Sioux City, ANG Headed West

Clay Fox, early USAF F-100 pilot Headed West

Lance LaGrange Headed West (KIA) In 1968

Richard “Bubba” Heinisch Headed West

Dan “Fire Can” Walsh Headed West

Colonel Jerry A. Hallman Headed West

Walter M. Burkett, Sr. (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on July 13, 2018

Bobby McClinton Headed West

William P. Acker, MajGen USAF Headed West

Don Majors Headed West

Ronald Schaertl Headed West

KIA F-100 Lawrence A. “Dutch” Holland – Air Force Cross

George Kahler, LtCol USAF, (Ret) Headed West

Bob Konopka Family Services and Interment Schedule

Earl R. Gundlach Headed West

Col Lew Daugherty Headed West Oct 16, 2018 In Tucson, AZ

Lt. Col. Ellsworth “Bob” Tulberg Headed West, March 2, 2018

Bob Dundas Headed West

Major General Kenneth E. Staten “Headed West” November 7, 2018

Major General Gordon Williams “Headed West” November 22, 2018

Thomas R. Fussell (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” November 7, 2018

Col. John E. Downey (USAF, Ret.) “Headed West” June 23, 2018

Darrell Couch Headed West December 4, 2018

Col. Leon K. Hofford Headed West on December 10, 2018

Norman “Norm” Schaap, 82, Headed West, Nov. 9, 2018

Col. Charles Brumfield Gulley “Headed West” July 12, 2018

MGen Ken Staten, USAF (Ret) Memorial Service

John E. Taylor Jr., MajGen, USAF (Ret) 95 Headed West

SSS Member LtCol John “Jack” Drittler, 78 Headed West

SSS Member Donald G. Miller Headed West

Ray G. Thompson, Col (USAF, Ret.) 84 Headed West

Vincent Paul Bakies, 87 Headed West

SSS Member Albert “Benny” Leatherwood “Headed West”, February 3, 2019

Clifton A. Birchman, 86 Headed West Dec 13, 2018

Ben F. Sands, Jr. “Headed West”, February 14, 2019

SSS Member Eugene C. Buttyan Headed West

SSS Charter Member Charles Stamschror Headed West

William “Bill” Weiger Header West

WW 11 Ace Frank Gailer BGen, USAF (Ret) Headed West

SSS Member Jack Cook Headed West

Jim Pollak Headed West March 26, 2019

Richard “Dick” Strohmeier Headed West

Robert Hutten, BGen USAF (Ret) Headed West

Murphy Neal Jones Arlington National Cemetery Flyby

George Forster, Col, USAF (Ret) Headed West April 27th 2019

Roger Root Headed West

Donald Frederic Crane “Headed West” 4/27/1931 – 2/22/2019

SSS Member Lloyd R Laycook, 88 Headed West

Dean Abbott Headed West May 7, 2019

Colonel Douglas R. Young (USAF, Ret.) “Headed West” May 21, 2019

“Misty 101” James A. Nugent “Headed West” May 26, 2019

Col. John R “Jack” Gilchrist, USAF, (Ret) Headed West July 7, 2019

Arthur T. Ballard, Jr., Former POW Headed West

Norman K. Dyson Headed West

Col. Louis A. Silvestri, Jr. “Headed West” July 21, 2019

William L. (Les) Broomall Headed West

David (D.O.) Williams, BGen USAF (Ret) Headed West August 18, 2019

Daryl Hubbard Headed West

James E. Steinmiller, Col, USAF (Ret) Headed West

David K. Burke Headed West

Earnest L. Coleman, (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on September 8, 2019

Rufus Clinton R.C. Lilley, Jr. Headed West

Bruce “Big Fella” MacLennan Headed West

David E. Webb “Headed West” on September 24, 2019

LtCol Henry “Hank” Buttelmann, the youngest Korean War Ace, “Headed West”, September 16, 2019

Willard Henry Snell, Jr. (Col. USAF, Ret) Headed West

John Tucker Marston (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on October 3, 2019.

SSS Member Joseph Richard (Dick) Murphy Headed West

Jack Van Loan Col, USAF (Ret) Headed West October 13, 2019

SSS Member Kermit (Chuck) Beverly, 87 Headed West

George Buchowski, “Misty 113″ Headed West” October 18, 2019

Ira T. Holt (Lt.Col, USAF Ret.) Headed West October 30, 2019

Donald B Mackey Headed West October 31, 2019

Theodore “Ted” Dowd Col USAF (Ret) “Headed West” November 2, 2019

SSS Member Bill Claudio “Headed West” October 26, 2019

Everett “Razz” Raspberry “Headed West” September 26, 2019

SSS Member Peter T. Potts, “Headed West”, October 15, 2019.

Edward A. Gellings (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on December 20, 2019

SSS Charter Member Doyal “Champ” Wyrick Headed West December 26, 2019

Donald Ray Polan Headed West December 26, 2019

Benjamin (Ben) W. Bowthorpe “Headed West” January 5, 2020

SSS Member Grover “Randy” Crandall “Headed West” on January 17, 2020

SSS Charter Member John “Bluto” Edelblute “Headed West” January 31, 2020

Bill G. Rippy, (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” January 30, 2020

Ron Lord Headed West – Feb 23, 2020

Air Force Cross Recipient John R. Bode Headed West February 25, 2020

Richard “Dick” Starita “Headed West” on February 25, 2020.

Howard “Tick” Loitwood “Headed West” on March 14, 2020

John Thomas Buck (Major General USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on March 18, 2019.

Joseph J. Hillner, Jr. Headed West February 9, 2020

Major David J. Sullivan (USAF Ret) “Headed West” on February 23, 2020

Michael E. McLean “Headed West” April 14, 2020

Michael H.Alexander (BGen USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on April 27, 2020

Col. Albert J. DeGroote “Headed West” April 17, 2020

Lawrence William DeSanto, MD (Col USAFR MC, Ret) “Headed West” on May 1, 2020.

Bobby D. Bedsworth “Headed West” March 29, 2020

Athos E. (Reb) Guillot, Lt Col, USAF (Ret), USAFA ’60 Headed West May 14, 2020

Doug Weidman, “Misty 63” Headed West May 14, 2020

Patrick C. Parks (Lt. Col. USAF, Ret.) “Headed West” May 12, 2020

Daniel C. Daube, Lt Col USAF (Ret) “Headed West” May 2, 2020

Mark Lee Berg, Major USAF (Ret) “Headed West” April 19, 2020

Congressman Samuel R. Johnson (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” May 27, 2020

William L Welde (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on Saturday, April 18, 2020.

Sid “Playboy” Wright, (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” June 4, 2020

Joe T. “Smokin Joe” Stockett (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on November 16, 2019

Frank Loftus (Col. USAF Ret.) Headed West, May 29, 2020

William K. Hayes, (Col. USAF Ret.) Headed West May 28, 2020

Fredrick A Crow, Jr., (Col. USAF, Ret) and NAM POW Headed West June 16, 2020

Stephen R. Dvorchak (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West ” June 15, 2020

Howard “Gary” Nophsker (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” June 24, 2020

Robert “Bob” Wilson “Misty 97” (LtCol USAF, Ret) Headed West June 26, 2020

Carroll “Gene” Hollier (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on June 7, 2020

Charles Marshall Huffaker “Headed West” on May 16, 2020

Charles H. Martin (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” July 4, 2020

Marion Donald Garrett (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” July 22, 2020

Dennis Fink (Maj USAF, Ret) “Headed West” July 17, 2020

William M. Burkett (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” August 9, 2020

David W. “Ted” Andrews (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” August 12, 2020

William J. Elander (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 28, 2020.

Major Lawrence “Kelly” Irving, (Misty 66) “Headed West” on September 4, 2020

Gerald L. “Peach” Vanek (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 2, 2020

Erick L. Slader (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on September 5, 2020

Forrest Fenn (Major, USAF Ret) “Headed West” on September 7, 2020

Stanley Cope Wood (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on September 14, 2020.

Samuel O. Bakke (Major, USAF Ret) “Headed West” on September 14, 2020

William S. Mayberry (Misty 5) “Headed West” on September 23, 2020

Herbert Carl Meyr, Jr. (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on September 28, 2020.

David B. Samuel (Col, USAF Ret) “Headed West” on September 24, 2020

J. Marcus Crow “Headed West” on September 21, 2020

William “Bill” Robert Henderson, Major, USAF (Ret) Headed West on October 3, 2020

Dudley P. Smidt (BGen USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on October 3, 2020

Norman Neal “Headed West” on October 15, 2020

Jerry “Wiz” Osgood (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” October 15, 2020

Robert F. Cassaro, Jr. “Headed West” on October 18, 2020

Samuel Cutting, III (Lt Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on October 22, 2020

Glenn L. Farnsworth (Major, USAF Ret) “Headed West on October 30, 2020

James Kelly Olson (Capt, USAF) “Headed West” on November 7, 2020

James Waldo Matchette, DVM (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on November 8, 2020

SSS Member Peter W. McCue III “Headed West” on December 12, 2020

SSS Member James F. Robertson “Headed West” on January 23, 2021

John “Jack” Driscoll Schaaf (Maj USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on January 26, 2021

Charles “Chuck” Holden, Col (USAF, Ret) “Headed West” February 10, 2021

William “Bill” L. Ball (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on February 20, 2021

Don Emigholz, LtCol USAF (Ret) “Headed West” on February 21, 2021

Marcial “Mike” Sorrel III (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West’ on March 1, 2021

Robert “Mick” Greene (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Misty 30” Headed West on March 13, 2021

James “Big Thunder” LaChance (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on March 23, 2021.

Wild Weasel EWO Paul R. Legan “Headed West” April 20, 2021

Tunis W. Parsons, III “Headed West” on June 17, 2018.

George Cline Wells “Headed West” on April 25, 2021

Donald Harold Volz (Maj USAF) “Headed West” on September 30, 2020.

Robert D. Gobble, (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on May 28, 2021.

Raymond B. Kleber (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on March 13, 2021.

Lawrence “Bud” Sittig (BGen USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on May 22, 2021.

Paul D. Tackabury (LtCol USAF, Ret) – Misty 148 “Headed West” on March 21, 2021

Edward W. O’Connor (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on June 19, 2021.

Henry Lee Graves, Jr. (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on January 5, 2021.

Claude “Harv” Segrest, Jr. (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on April 1, 2021

Jack C. Guthrie “Headed West” on March 23, 2021.

Gary A. Ball (Capt USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on July 20, 2021.

Bryant L. Ruhman “Headed West” on March 12, 2021.

Peter B. Cascio (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on December 18, 2020.

Donald “Stymie” Nichols (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 3, 2021.

Donald James Campbell (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 5, 2021.

Joseph “Jay” Kowalski (Capt USAF) “Headed West” on May 19, 2021.

RAF Air Commodore Derek J. “Limey” Hine “Headed West” on December 16, 2018.

John F. Peebles (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 13, 2021.

John R. “Dick” Niemela (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 28, 2021.

Melvin Elliott (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on May 10, 2021.

Philip Vernon Edsall (Col, USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 8, 2013.

Dale B. Huffman (Major USAF, Retired) “Headed West” on September 16, 2021.

Edward S. Mansfield “Headed West” on October 24, 2021.

Karl M. McCulloch “Headed West” on October 29, 2021.

Donald R. Harrell “Headed West” on October 22, 2021.

Boyd L. Van Horn (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on November 4, 2021.

Gordon Walter Goodier (LtCol USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on November 7, 2021.

Gordon Francis Billington (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on November 9, 2021.

Milton C. Pettapiece Jr., MD (USAF Flight Surgeon) “Headed West” on December 3, 2021

Robert “Mac” Staples, LtCol, USAF (Ret) “Headed West” December 15, 2021.

Johnny H. Edmundson (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on August 31, 2021.

Vernon D. Hesterman (USAF) “Headed West on December 7, 2021.

Dr. Steven S. MacArthur (USAF) “Headed West” on January 28, 2021.

Robert C. Englert (USAF) “Headed West” on May 22, 2020.

James “Jim” Gibler (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on December 26, 2021.

Samuel G. Flowers, LtCol USAF (Ret) “Headed West” on December 18, 2020.

William “Hoot/Misty 126” Gabel, Col USAF (Ret) “Headed West” on December 22, 2021

Sergi L. Demchuk, Col USAF (Ret) “Headed West” on January 4, 2022.

Will Clayton Hendrix, Maj USAF (Ret), “Headed West on January 17, 2022.

William Kirk James, MGen USAF (Ret) “Headed West” on January 13, 2022.

Henry John “Perk” Pirkkala, Maj USAF (Ret), “Headed West” on January 22, 2022.

Charles A. Boatwright, LtCol USAF (Ret), “Headed West” on January 10, 2021.

Richard R. Price, Col USAF (Ret), “Headed West” on July 31, 2021.

Larry R. Strimple, LtCol USAF (Ret), “Headed West” on September 9, 2020.

Robert M. Krone, Col USAF (Ret) “Headed West on September 15, 2021.

Rod M. Hofman, SSS Member, “Headed West” on October 29, 2021.

Richard A. Graham, LtCol USAF (Ret), “Headed West” on January 13, 2022.

Donald E. Ground, LtCol USAF (Ret) “Headed West” on September 9, 2020.

William “Bill” M. Charney, Capt USAF, “Headed West” on January 5, 2022.

Robert G. Hedgepeth, LtCol USAF (Ret), “Headed West” on February 7, 2022.

Darrell E. Lake, LtCol USAF (Ret), “Headed West” on March 2, 2022.

Chuck Boyd, Gen USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on March 23, 2022.

Jervis “Jed” McEntee “Headed West” on February 17, 2022.

Jon A. Reynolds, BGen USAF, Ret “Headed West”, April 2022.

Ronald L. Barker, Col USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on April 17, 2022.

Charles G. “Chick” Cleveland, LtGen USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on May 22, 2021.

Carrol R. Johnson, Lt Col. USAF Ret. “Headed West” on March 6, 2022.

Rodney B. Beckman, Col USAF, Ret. “Headed West” on June 19, 2022.

Richard L. Fechter, LtCol USAF/IAANG Ret., “Headed West” on June 14, 2022.

C. Dale Sissell, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on November 23, 2021.

Edwin Dale Boggie, Col USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on May 28, 2022.

Cary Lee Broadway, Jr., Col USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on July 10, 2022

Waymond C. Nutt, MGen USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on May 13, 2021.

Kirk B. “KB” Clark, Col USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on July 31, 2022, one week after his beloved wife Cookie passed away.