Wade “Mother” Hubbard was in the Air Force for five years and was awarded five Distinguished Flying Cross medal and one purple heart. Wade flew both the Linebacker I and Linebacker II campaigns.
Up next in our series with the Distinguished Flying Cross Society.
During his 35 years in the Army, Douglas Dillard spent many a holiday away from his family. The first was as a young member of the 82nd Airborne at the Battle of the Bulge.
It is said there are only two bad days for a fighter pilot; the day a pilot straps on the jet knowing it is their last flight and the day a pilot straps on the jet NOT knowing it is their last flight.
Thankfully Darrell Ahrens avoided the later in the skies over Vietnam.
Out of the seven Air Force Crosses awarded since the beginning of the Global War on Terror, five have been awarded to Combat Controllers for extraordinary heroism in combat. Mike Lamonica and Mike West of the Combat Control Foundation join us to talk about these warriors who are “First In.”
Brad Taylor served in the Army for 21 years, including 8 years with Delta Force. He has also authored 16 New York Times best selling thrillers.
Two time Air Force Veteran Steven Myers is a successful four-time CEO and serial entrepreneur. In 1992 he became the first American since Charles Lindbergh to pilot an airplane into the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, forming one of the first post Soviet era joint ventures.
Andrew Kiniry was with the 45th Evacuation hospital. He says more than one infantryman said he would NEVER trade duty with Andrew. That proved right when Andrew’s unit was moved into the Buchenwald concentration camp to care for the survivors.
Eileen Collins was an Air Force test pilot before being selected by NASA as an astronaut. She was the first woman pilot and first woman commander of a space shuttle. A Veteran of four shuttle flights, she has logged more than 872 hours in space.
Greg Drobny served 8 years in the Army including a brief period conducting Psy-Ops. His transition out of the military was a somewhat rocky one until he found something he really enjoyed – Code Platoon helps Veterans, active duty service members and military spouses transition into the workforce by providing technical training and career placement.
Navy Week sails into my backyard! Guests include Constructionman William Jones of the USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat. EOD Navy Diver Second Class Petty Officer Skylar Bokelman and the Band Master of the Navy Band Southwest LCDR Bruce Mansfield.