Rice, Donald, Maj

Air Operations

Service Photo

Service Details

Current Service Status
USAF Retired

Current/Last Rank
Major

Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1435Z-Air Operations Officer

Current/Last AFSC Group
Air Operations

Primary Unit
1971-1972, 1435Z, 449th Bombardment Wing, Heavy

Previously Held AFSC/MOS
1521E-Navigator-Bombardier
1525C-Navigator-Bombardier
1225P-Pilot
1061B-Pilot
1065B-Pilot
1065C-Pilot
1055A-Pilot Troop Carrier

Service Years
1952 - 1972

Official Badges

US Air Force Honorable Discharge (Old Style)

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Air Force Navigators and Observers Association


	1972, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA), AF245 (Paymaster) (Fairchild AFB, Washington) - Chap. Page
	1975, Reserve Organization of America, Chapter 5 (Director) (Washington)
	1975, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Spokane (Veradale, Washington) - Chap. Page
	2013, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 6 (Treasurer) (Spokane Valley, Washington) - Chap. Page
	2018, Air Force Navigators and Observers Association

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

After 20 years in the Air Force and an additional 18 years with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Spokane VA Medical Center, I am fully retired.

Remembrance Profiles - 1 Airman Remembered

Dugan, Thomas Wayne, Col, (1951-1968)

1955-1957, 1525C, 90th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical

From Month/Year September / 1955	To Month/Year May / 1957
Unit 90th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS 1525C-Navigator-Bombardier
Base, Station or City 3rd Bomb Wing, Johnson AB	State/Country Japan

Patch	90th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical Details

	Type Bomber
	Parent Unit Bombardment Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 18, 2020

Memories For This Unit
Best Friends 1/Lt. Steve M. Kianka 1/Lt. Owen E. Moore 1/Lt. LaVern Severson - deceased 1/Lt. Daniel Kelly - deceased Capt. Thorne Longsworth Capt. Robert Edwards - deceased, Lt/C. William Davidson, Sqdn. Cmdr. - deceased air crash KC-135 in Spain	Best Moment Lots of good memories of the unit and those I served with and travels in the Kanto Plains region, but the best moment was my stateside fiancee saying "yes". Sixty-two years together and still counting; life is good.

Worst Moment Making simulated bomb runs at 45,000 ft. using the Shoran system.	Chain of Command 3rd Bomb Wing 5th Air Force

Other Memories 1. Climbing Mt. Fuji to see the sunrise and for 10 Yen I have reserved a spot in Shinto Heaven. 2. Delivering a B-17G from Tachikawa AB to the Nationalist Chinese AF in Taiwan. To make the over water flight from Japan to Taiwan they needed a Navigator so I volunteered.

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