Chuck Machin

Oct 7, 2018 | Air Force

ALTA VISTA — Engineering skills came in handy for a 1957 Osage High School graduate while he was stationed in Vietnam. Chuck Machin, Alta Vista, enlisted and first served in the Air Force from 1958 to 1962, later working as a foreman in an Osage body shop for a few...

CPT Louis Richard Emerson Jr.

Oct 2, 2018 | Air Force, Army

I was the pilot of a C-47 towing a Waco CG4A glider with 13 troops i it. The glider cut loose successfully at the appropriate time and then I took ground fire which caused both engines in the C-47 to quit and the plane was on fire. I successfully crash landed in a...

Lt Col John R. “Bob” Pardo

Sep 21, 2018 | Air Force

John R. “Bob” Pardo, a “MiG-Killer” credited with one victory and three assists, performed one of the most spectacular feats of piloting during the war in Southeast Asia. Pardo grew up in Heame, Texas, and after a year of college, entered the...

Lt Col Gregory A. M. Etzel

Sep 7, 2018 | Air Force

Greg Etzel was born on April 9, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt through the Air Force ROTC program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, on June 7, 1957, and went on active duty beginning February 27, 1958. Lt Etzel next...

Lindsay Gutierrez

Sep 2, 2018 | Air Force

Lindsay Gutierrez is a proud Air Force veteran hailing from Midwest City, Oklahoma. She enlisted in September 2010 as a Security Forces Journeyman and was assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath. During her military career, Lindsay deployed twice, earned...

Chris Stewart

Sep 1, 2018 | Air Force

Chris Stewart is the Congressman from Utah’s Second Congressional District. He is a No. 1 New York Times best-selling and national award-winning author, world-record-setting Air Force pilot, and the former owner/CEO of a small business. Chris is one of ten...