Lt Col Olga Custodio

Nov 23, 2018 | Air Force

When the recruiting military sergeant asked Olga Custodio to list three jobs she wanted, she responded: ‘A pilot, a pilot or a pilot.’ And her determination paid off: more than 30 years ago, she became the first ever Latina to complete U.S. Air Force...

Maj Wintford “Dick” Bazzell

Nov 15, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Dick Bazzell was born on December 6, 1925, in Delta, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines from September 1943 to July 1944, and then enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 7, 1944. After completing basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama, he was assigned...

Capt Mark Weber

Nov 8, 2018 | Air Force

Seven U.S. Armed Forces members — including one whose parents live in southern Denton County — were when a military helicopter crashed in western Iraq, according to information from Moody Air Force Base and Bartonville Mayor Bill Scherer. Bartonville residents Ron and...

1st Lt. Mary L. Hawkins

Nov 2, 2018 | Air Force

On Sept. 24, 1944, 1st Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins was evacuating 24 patients from the fighting at Palau to Guadalcanal when the C-47 ran low on fuel. The pilot made a forced landing in a small clearing on Bellona Island. During the landing, a propeller tore through the...

Harvey Jacobs

Oct 26, 2018 | Air Force

We were assigned to the 497th Bombardment Squadron of the 344th Bombardment Group located at Stansted, Bishops Stortford. Towards April and May, we were instrumental in creating havoc in German transportation system by hitting more and more marshalling yards plus...

Brig Gen Robin Olds

Oct 12, 2018 | Air Force

Brigadier General Robin Olds was the director of aerospace safety in the Air Force Inspection and Safety Center, a separate operating agency and an organization of the Office of the Inspector General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. General Olds has worldwide...