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Home Town Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Last Address Las Vegas, Nevada
Date of Passing Jun 07, 2013
Location of Interment Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery - Boulder City, Nevada
Retired U.S. Air Force and Fighter Pilot now Deceased.
I feel deeply honored to have served my country as a member of the Fourth
Allied Prisoner of War Wing. The caliber of leadership and organization I
encountered, upon completion of my solo tour, filled me with pride and
exhilaration. The morale and determination of the men never faltered.
In the face of adversity, it became solidified and stronger.
I am proud to be an American Military Man
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F-4G Wild Weasel Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
On 15 August 1990, 24 F-4G Wild Weasel Vs and six RF-4Cs were mobilized to the Middle East for Operation Desert Storm. The reason for this was that the F-4G was the only aircraft in the USAF inventory equipped for the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) role since the EF-111 Raven lacked the offensive capability of the AGM-88 HARM missile, while the RF-4C was the only aircraft equipped with the ultra-long-range KS-127 LOROP (long-range oblique photography) camera. In spite of flying almost daily missions, only one RF-4C was lost in a fatal accident before the start of hostilities. One F-4G was lost when enemy fire damaged the fuel tanks and the aircraft ran out of fuel near a friendly airbase. The last USAF Phantoms, F-4G Wild Weasel Vs from 561st Fighter Squadron, were retired on 26 March 1996. The last operational flight of the F-4G Wild Weasel was from the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, in April 1996.[63] The last operational USAF/ANG F-4 to land was flown by Maj Mike Webb and Maj Gary Leeder, Idaho ANG
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