27 September 1968 – Kuldar “Koot” Visnapuu was serving with the 174th TFS Phu Cat “Bats” in Vietnam. Lt. Kuldar Visnapuu’s had just taken off from a base in South Vietnam when his Supersabre was hit by enemy fire. He turned the plane toward the South China Sea and ejected safely, watching as his jet
SSS member General Robert Whitman Bazely was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and flew the F-100 with the 77FBS/20FBW Weathersfield, 55-58; 492TFS/48TFW Lakenheath 65-67; 531TFS/3TFW/CC at Bien Hoa from 68-69. He graduated from Brentwood High School in Pennsylvania and enlisted in the US Army in September 1943 and entered active duty through the aviation cadet program …
James “Captain” Allen McKean July 25, 1941 – July 17, 2012 SSS Member James Allen McKean born in Cedar Rapid, Iowa July 25, 1941 to Allen B. Evelyn Rundquist McKean passed away July 17, 2012, at the age of 70. He is Survived By His Son, Sean McKean grandson, Chase Mckean brother, John McKean and the love of his life, Dale Collier. Jim was …
Col Julian D. “Buzz” Sawyer, 83 Headed West Buzz was the driving force for decades of the airport in Demopolis, Sawyer was honored by induction into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame and the Alabama Military Hall of Fame. And, in April 2011, the Demopolis City Council voted to rename the Demopolis Airport to the …
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