2019

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Capt. William F. Claudio “Headed West” October 26, 2019 at his home in Freeport, NY. Born on  July 5, 1938, Bill grew up in Greenport and achieved his adolescent dream of flying in the Air Force. After a brief stint at the Coast Guard Academy, he spent four […]

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SSS Member Donald B. “Hot Dog” Mackey (85) Headed West on 31 October 2019. His early F-100 units were the 3595th CCTW at Nellis and the 336th FDS/4FDW at Seymore Johnson in 1958. Don was born March 12, 1934, in Corbin, Kentucky to the late Col. Elbert T. and Flora B. (Bryant) Mackey. As a