Capt Paul M Bayliss

Oct 6, 2017 | Air Force

Paul Bayliss served in the Air Force for 6 years. He served with the 7th Air Force, 606th Air Control Squadron Special Operations Squadron. On November 7, 1966, he died in a non-hostile air crash in Thailand. We honor you, Paul Bayliss. (#Repost...

Joslyn Saunders

Sep 29, 2017 | Air Force

Joslyn Saunders USAF 82-86 as part of the Electronic Security Command. She served overseas and received several medals and recognition while in service. Joslyn is a recipient of the Esprit De Corps Award at San Vito AB Italy. Her winning essay was used as the example...

Lt Col Herman F. Mondschein

Sep 25, 2017 | Air Force

“How’s the weather?” might sound like a mundane question, but it can be a significant one during wartime, particularly for pilots, when passing clouds can obscure a target or an enemy plane. The son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, First Lieutenant...

Gayle Dora Bevis Reed

Sep 21, 2017 | Air Force

Like many other women who served in the WASP, Gayle Bevis joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program first–but to further her education, not because she yearned to fly. However, one flight was all she needed to fall in love with flying: “And when the...

Col Nathaniel G. Raley

Sep 16, 2017 | Air Force, Army

Raley, 84, was “hooked” on becoming a pilot at age 7 after he and his father flew in a barnstorming World War I biplane in their home town of Demopolis. A flight with an instructor at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, at age 13 further fed Raley’s...

TSgt Meg Parrish Miner

Sep 7, 2017 | Air Force

Recruited by the Air Force, Meg Parrish Miner joined the military straight out of high school, enticed by the chance to leave her small town, get an education, and hold the impressive-sounding title of “jet engine mechanic”–despite having zero...