Sara Beck-Garcia

Jun 16, 2019 | Air Force

By my senior year in high school I knew I wanted to join the Air Force, travel, and continue my education. With my parent’s agreement that I would not actually leave until after Christmas, I tested and was accepted into the Air Force in July 1964. In January 1965, I...

Barbara J. Garcia-Beck

Jun 15, 2019 | Air Force

On June 23, 1964, having completed over 2 1/2 years of college and lacking funds to continue, I joined the Air Force hoping to find a path back to college. Alas, the Air Force needed medics and not music majors. So, after basic training at Lackland AFB, I was assigned...

Capt Bobbye Ann Tucker Moore

Jun 8, 2019 | Air Force

Dates of Service:  June 16, 1972 – July 20, 1974 Conflict:  Vietnam Branch of Service:  Air Force Position:  Nurse Corps “While a nurse in the United States Air Force stationed at Langley AFB, Virginia I was privileged to be assigned to go to Washington...

MG Jeanne M Holm

Jun 1, 2019 | Air Force, WAC

War: World War, 1939-1945; Cold War Branch: WAC (Women’s Army Corps); Air Force Unit: Headquarters; 106th WAC Hospital Company; Women’s Army Corps (WAC) Training Center, Fort Oglethorpe; 7200th Air Force Depot Wing; 85th Air Depot Wing; Allied Air Forces...

Marguerite Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery

May 24, 2019 | Air Force

The indomitable Marguerite Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery has “…slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.”   She had a lifelong love affair with flying and her passion will undoubtedly continue to fuel many who...

Brig Gen Charles “Chuck” Elwood Yeager

May 23, 2019 | Air Force

Chuck Yeager, byname of Charles Elwood Yeager, (born February 13, 1923, Myra, West Virginia, U.S.), American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight. Yeager enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1941, shortly...