Misty 1 Bud Day became a POW, was awarded the Medal of Honor and practices law.

Misty 2 Bill Douglass retired and is a nuclear power engineer living in Mt. Vernon, IA.

Misty 3 Glenn Jones was Gen. Creech's Executive, retired and died of a brain tumor.

Misty 4 Gary Tompkins retired from the USAF and still teaches school.  Still loving teaching Advanced Placement economics, government, U.S. history etc. at Rim High School in Lake Arrowhead California.  Just passed the equal time mark: 21 years in the USAF and 21 years teaching.  AND 44 years of happy marriage!

Misty 5 Bill Mayberry retired from the USAF, then Boeing, then his own consulting firm.

Misty 6 Dick Meyer retired, built the B-1 and B-2 bombers and retired again.

Misty 7 Barney Dalton retired, became a high school math teacher and retired again.

Misty 8 Maurice McHugh is deceased.

Misty 9 Chuck Turner got into weapons testing, retired and worked for Raytheon.

Misty 10 Jack Harris flew the F111 for 17 years, retired and flew for a small airline.

Misty 11 Paul Magill is deceased.

Misty 12 Bob Blocher retired, was a corporate executive and now grows pecans in Arizona.

Misty 13 Kipp Kippenhan flies for United Airlines.

Misty 14 Sam Boyd retired as a Colonel and is a V.P. with SAIC in Houston, Texas.

Misty 15 Keith Heiniger retired as a Colonel and became a pilot for the State of Wyoming.

Misty 16 Dick Cunningham retired, became an airline pilot, retired again, and is now a substitute teacher in grades K-12.  He also grows wine grapes on his property in Napa, California.

Misty 17 Bob Craner became a POW, an Air Attaché and died of a heart attack.

Misty 18 George Pinney lives in Peoria, AZ.

Misty 19 Nape Miller retired from the USAF and is a farmer in Ohio.

Misty 20 William R. "Bob" Porter is deceased.

Misty 21 P.J. White started Red Flag, retired, and founded Sandia Airways in New Mexico.

Misty 22 Charlie Neel retired and is President/CEO of a new start-up company.

Misty 23 Jere Wallace retired from Air Force in 1987, American Airlines in 2001 and resides in Fairfax Station, VA.

Misty 24 After Misty, Jim Mack concentrated his career on working for failing airlines, and successfully collected 7 different uniforms.  Jim finally joined the "dark side" (FAA) and is "trying" to retire from the FAA to help wife Penny sell real estate in Colorado Springs.  On his days off, Jim enjoys driving over his head in his vintage dirt midget race car, referred to as his "old man's F-100."  Stay tuned...

Misty 25 Eben Jones retired and manages a brick factory.

Misty 26 Don "Sib" Sibson retired from the Air Force and is a ski and sailing bum.

Misty 27 Gene Mooney is deceased.

Misty 28 Ray Wellington retired as a Colonel, flew corporate jets for sixteen years, and retired again.  No longer actively flying, he now stays informed on current aviation technology advances and issues through his two professional pilot sons; one an international Gulfstream Captain, and the other a former navy F/A-18 pilot, currently a MD-11 First Officer with FedEx.

Misty 29 Guy Gruters became a POW, an airline pilot and ran a computer business.

Misty 30 Mick Greene retired and is an Aerospace Program Manager.

Misty 31 Jim Fiorelli flew fulltime for the Air National Guard and died of a heart attack.

Misty 32 Ed Risinger graduated from medical school in '73, became a radiologist, and retired again in Austin, Texas.

Misty 33 Hog Piner retired after 24 years in the Air Force and lives in Pineville, Louisianna.

Misty 34 Don Shepperd retired as a Major General and head of the Air National Guard.  He is currently a military analyst for CNN and ABC radio.

Misty 35 Don Jones retired, joined the CAP, became a charter pilot and re-retired.

Misty 36 Brian "B. Willy" Williams retired from the USAF and lives in Hailey, Idaho.

Misty 37 Carroll "Bill" Williams retired and owned a business modifying helicopters.

Misty 38 Charlie "Whispering" Smith became an evangelical preacher.

Misty 39 Elmer Slavey retired and lives in Mexico.

Misty 40 Dick Rutan retired, became a world adventurer (e.g., flew in AN-2 wooden biplane to the North Pole, organized an after-30-years return to Vietnam, attempted an around-the-world balloon flight, etc), and he's best known for being the first man to fly the first non-stop, un-refueled flight by a light aircraft around the world.

Misty 41 Charlie Summers retired, owns an aviation company and flies weather research in a T-28.

Misty 42 Stan Mamlock retired after 28 years of Air Force service and plays golf.

Misty 43 Howie Williams was killed in action.

Misty 44 Lanny Lancaster retired and divides his time between defense consulting and wine importing.

Misty 45 P.K. Robinson flew a second tour in F-4s where he became a POW, retired, and is president of a bank.

Misty 46 Mike McElhanon was killed in action.

Misty 47 Don Kilgus retired and died in an automobile accident on the D.C. Beltway.

Misty 48 Frank Swartz retired from USAF, retired from Honeywell and is a consultant.

Misty 49 George Hanks taught Vietnamese to fly A-37s and became a chemical engineer.

Misty 50 Wells Jackson became a general contractor and raises coffee in Panama.

Misty 51 John Overlock was killed in action.

Misty 52 Charles "Chuck" Shaheen flew for Continental Airlines till 1985, had a construction company in Los Angeles 1973-1977, moved to Fresno and farmed grapes, mellons, and oranges from 1977-1989, left Continental in 1985, began a career in marketing as V.P. Pepco Extruded Products, and eventually ended up as an owner and V.P. Marketing for Affiliated Equipment Financing, Inc. in Fresno, California.  Still working!!

Misty 53 Richard Durant retired and died in 1996.

Misty 54 Steve Amdor retired and works for SAIC on the F-22 OT&E team.

Misty 55 Dave Jenny worked as operations manager and vice president with SAIC.  He's now fully retired and lives on the Flying J, a small ranch in Central Texas with lots of room for guests.

Misty 56 Ted Powell retired, worked for NASA in New Mexico and died of cancer.

Misty 57 Bud Bacon retired as a Brigadier General in 1980.   He died at his home in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 2, 2008.

Misty 58 Jim Perry went to medical school and became an orthopedic surgeon.  He died on 30 October 2006 from cancer.

Misty 59 Don Harlan flew the FB111, served in USAFE/SAC, retired, and died of cancer.

Misty 60 Roy Bridges became an Astronaut, retired from the USAF as a Major General, and was director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from March 2, 1997, to Aug. 9, 2003.  He left KSC to become the director of the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

Misty 61 Frank Kimball retired, worked for McDonnell Douglas and is now with Boeing.

Misty 62 Whitey Thompson was a test pilot, retired and teaches in an urban high school.

Misty 63 Doug Weidman retired and flies for Northwest Airlines.

Misty 64 Robert Lynch is deceased.

Misty 65 Bob Fitzsimmons became an airline pilot and retired from UAL March 2000.

Misty 66 Kelly Irving retired and went on to become an airline pilot.

Misty 67 Rosie Detwiler did second tour in F-4's (Laredo Fac for four months), joined New York Air National Guard as O-2 FAC, but transitioned to C-5's where he participated in Just Cause (Panama) and Desert Shield/Storm.  He retired as B/Gen in 1997.  Currently, chief pilot of Citigroup Corporate Aviation at Westchester County Airport, White Plains, New York.

Misty 68 "Bones" Kretz retired, returned home and is a rancher in New Mexico.

Misty 69 Jerry Edwards is deceased.

Misty 70 Bob Konopka retired, spent 14 years with Lockheed Martin and re-retired 1997.

Misty 71 Chris Kellum earned an M.S.E.E., retired, worked for ITT, and retired again to Hatteras, NC in 1997 where he keeps busy doing light maintenance on homes and cottages.

Misty 72 Roger Rice was killed in a military aircraft crash.

Misty 73 Clyde Seiler was killed in action a few days after leaving Misty.

Misty 74 Norris Hanks died on Monday July 26, 2004 at his residence in Hollywood, Maryland.

Misty 75 Chuck Holden flew his third tour in F-4's, retired from the Air Force as a Colonel at Nellis AFB and STILL runs a couple of corporate flight departments (jet qualified) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Misty 76 Stanton Smith retired from the ANG in 1981 and from Northwest Airlines in 1998.

Misty 77 Bob Bryan served a second tour flying F-4s at Korat RTAB.  Retired 1989 as O-6.  Currently flying the 747 for United Parcel Service waiting for a second retirement.

Misty 78 Don Masuret worked for the D.C. ANG, retired and lives on a yacht in Florida.

Misty 79 Al Winkelman retired, moved to Salt Lake City and is a ski instructor.

Misty 80 Greg Parker is now a stevedore superintendent at the Port of Savannah, Georgia.

Misty 81 Matt Husson retired from the USAF, retired from a second career as an engineer where he was also an active paramedic, and is now working as an RN in the emergency room for excitement.

Misty 82 Jim Sue retired from the ANG and retired as an airline pilot.

Misty 83 Bob Cassaro flew fulltime for the ANG and still teaches F-16 academics.

Misty 84 Richard Hepworth retired as colonel and is now deceased.

Misty 85 Roger Winblade went to NASA, retired as the Chief of the General Aviation Division, and passed away at his home in Temple Hills, MD on 11 January 2008.

Misty 86 Ron Fogleman attained the rank of General (4 stars) and became the 15th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

Misty 87 Gerrit (Jerry) Walhout returned to the National Transportation Safety Board as an Air Safety Investigator and also rejoined the DC Air National Guard as a part time jock.  He retired from the DC Air Guard in 1985 with 22 years of fun flying.  He retired from the NTSB on Jan.1, 2000 as the Chief of the Human Performance Division.  Jerry claims to have been the only "foreigner" in Misty, complete with Dutch accent.  Col. Creech questioned him closely about his loyalties after they flew together at one time.  He passed.  Jerry amuses himself by being on the Board of his Condo in Fairfax, VA. and writing the Condo Newsletter.  He lives by the "no more than one task per full day" motto.

Misty 88 John Grathwol retired, went into industry, fully retired in 1998, died in 2000.

Misty 89 Arnie Clarke retired again on 1 Jan 2004.  Currently working on building a Glastar on amphibian floats.  In September '05, flew 66.5 hours to commemorate Canada's first Atlantic crossing.  Visited major aviation museums in Canada and flew in the Toronto airshow.   Go to www.airic.ca and Classic Aircraft to see photos over Toronto.  Sorry to miss the 2005 Reunion.

Misty 90 Bill Wallace left the Air Force and became a philosopher and software guru.

Misty 91 John Boles flew with the ANG, retired and is president of a chemical company.

Misty 92 Dennis Hlad retired and lives in Florida.

Misty 93 Lacy Veach became an Astronaut, flew twice on the Shuttle and died of cancer.  He's buried at the National Cemetery at The Punchbowl, Honolulu, HI.

Misty 94 Tony McPeak attained the rank of General (4 stars) and became the 14th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

Misty 95 Rowland Stanley was a USAF test pilot and an exchange instructor at USNTPS when he was killed in an A-3 crash on 26 Jan 1980.

Misty 96 Bruce Brown retired and is an executive in the financial securities industry.

Misty 97 Bob Wilson retired from the USAF, was a consultant, retired again and plays golf.

Misty 98 James Osgood left the Air Force and is a Captain with Northwest Airlines.

Misty 99 Ron Standerfer retired, was a corporate aviation executive, and is now a novelist and freelance writer!  His recent book The Eagle’s Last Flight (www.theeagleslastflight.com) chronicles the life of an F-100 pilot and his family during the Cold War and Vietnam years.

Misty 100 Gib Ahl retired as a Colonel in 1987 and still lives near Tampa.  Took a five year sabbatical after retiring from the USAF rebuilding MG's and renovating the family residence.  Started and owned two different Mortgage Companies for 12 years.  Retired again in 2003.  Plays Golf, sails and helps care for two growing future fighter pilot sons... Chad (10) and Nathan (7) while wife Maria works as fifth grade teacher at local Catholic School.

Misty 101 Jim Nugent is retired and is a Human Resource Manager.

Misty 102 Mike Cummings flew for Delta Airlines and is deceased.

Misty 103 Andy Christensen flew 111s, retired and is in the financial services business.

Misty 104 Dave Skilling retired from the Air Force, worked for the Lockheed Skunk Works, and retired again from Northwest Airlines cockpits in 2006.

Misty 105 Jack Dickey retired as a Major General.

Misty 106 Laurent Gourley was killed in action.

Misty 107 Rufus Edwards retired from the Air Force in 1983, opened a construction company from which he retired in 1995.  He currently lives in Crestview, Florida.

Misty 108 Ted Kroese retired and is the Boeing simulator site manager at Eglin, AFB, Forida.

Misty 109 Michael Martin's location is unknown.

Misty 110 Jefferson Dotson was killed in action.

Misty 111 Robert Seabury was killed in a T-38 crash after Viet Nam.

Misty 112 Vic Macomber retired and is a stockbroker for A.G. Edwards in Keene, New Hampshire.

Misty 113 George Buchkowski flies for Delta Airlines and retired in July 2000.

Misty 114 John Hammar retired and lives in Montgomery, Alabama, where he flies corporate aircraft through lightning, heavy rain, and turbulance, but the temporary minimum approach conditions (he says) keep the blood pumping and the checks coming in.

Misty 115 Wayne Chaffer died of cancer in 2003.  He was V.P. of International Marketing for Magnavox.

Misty 116 Norm Lutz retired and was a director of wastewater treatment for 15 years.

Misty 117 T.K. Egan flew for Eastern Airlines and is retired in Florida.

Misty 118 Jerry Hallman retired as a Colonel and married a Lt. Colonel ("We both loved the Air Force.")  He briefly flew for American Airlines.  He and his wife, Bonnie, worked in real estate where he was a broker/manager of about 100 agents.  He moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and has a home warranty company.  He loves it in paradise.

Misty 119 Don Muller retired as a Colonel and is an F-15 instructor at Tyndall AFB, Florida.

Misty 120 Gerry Van Riper retired as a Colonel and is a real estate broker.

Misty 121 Robert Putz retired, became an airline pilot and lives in Houston, Texas.

Misty 122 Dennis Campbell retired and flies for Southwest Airlines out of Phoenix, Arizona.

Misty 123 Bill Teske retired to Idaho and is a fulltime foster dad and pro-life advocate.

Misty 124 Mario Peraldo retired and is a farmer in Fallon, Nevada.

Misty 125 Michael Stone's location is unknown.

Misty 126 Bill Gabel retired, became a CPA and owns a tax and consulting firm.

Misty 127 Patrick Carroll was killed in action.

Misty 128 After Misty, Gary Nophsker flew the SLUF at Myrtle Beach, taught 3 yrs at the Army Command and General Staff College, then worked 8 yrs in Korea as aide/exec to the ACC Commanders before becoming 314AD Det 1 CC and 7AF Director of Spt Ops.  He graduated from the USAF at Bergstrom AFB in '89, raised a 2nd family, then re-retired in Austin on 31 Aug '07 from the Texas Education Agency.

Misty 129 George Cranston "downgraded" to the F4E after Misty.  He flew the F4C&D (19 1/2 years) and the A10 in the AF Reserve until he retired as a colonel in 1997.  Operated a family-owned truck parts business in Tampa (go BUCs) until 1987, and now owns and operates a truck and RV repair business in Jacksonville, Florida.  Will host Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005 (Just kidding, but nice OER material).

Misty 130 Jim Cruson retired and runs a Grand Canyon tour airline from Las Vegas.

Misty 131 Dick Rice retired from USAF and Lockheed; now demos/sells Pilatus PC-12s.

Misty 132 Jack Clapper left the USAF, went to law school and is a trial lawyer in California.

Misty 133 Rich Reitan flew fighters his whole career, built his own plane and still flies.

Misty 134 Josh Merrill's last known address was Eastham, Maine.

Misty 135 Troy "Rex" Morris is a power company engineer in Gilmer, Texas.

Misty 136 Lawrence Whitford was killed in action.

Misty 137 Al Robinson joined the Hawaii ANG and became Chief Pilot for an airline.

Misty 138 Harry Scott lives in Talahassee, Forida.

Misty 139 George Lapham retired, ran a credit union and lives in Biddeford, ME.

Misty 140 John Nystrom's location is unknown.

Misty 141 Jerry Ryder retired, worked for the Social Security Admistration for 20 years and retired again.

Misty 142 Dick Robbins retired, joined Civil Service as an engineer and retired again.

Misty 143 Dan Brown flew F-111s, O-2s, F-5s in Yemen, and worked with the Army.  Post Air Force, he has 7500+ flight hours in "contract" military flight training: MU-2s for Weapons Controllers, ECM Learjets in Air Defense training, and T-47s, T-1s, T-39s in Navy/Marine/USAF/German/Allied Services NFO/WSO training, and he's still "working" for a living.

Misty 144 Hank Buttleman retired, lives in Las Vegas and plays golf.

Misty 145 Jack Doub retired, formed a Piper Dealership, retired again in San Diego, flew Lears in NATO Threat Simulation out of Holland, retired for the last time, now lives in Valdosta, Georgia... spoiling grandkids and honchoing the Misty Reunions!

Misty 146 Lynn Farnsworth became an airline pilot, flew with the ANG and AFRES, and retired from airline flying in 2002.  His wife and he owned several corporations, but have started divesting themselves of them so they can completely retire.  He is building, with the help of a builder-assist facility, a Lancair Legacy for racing in the Sport Class at the Reno air races.  He had hoped to have it ready to go for this year (2004), but it looks like it won't be ready until after this year's race is over.  It's modeled after Darryl Greenamyers race plane.  He also follows the activities of his son Kyle, who is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.

Misty 147 Robert "Mike" Armstrong retired and is a teacher for the prison system in Tennessee.

Misty 148 Paul Tackabury became a test pilot, retired and became a V.P. with Northrop.

Misty 149 Dave Thomson retired in 1989, went to work for Boeing as a Division Safety Manager for 5 years, then moved to Colorado when he accepted a teaching position with the Southern California Safety Institute (the old USC Safety school that many of us attended while on active duty).  He fully retired as of the first of 2004, and is enjoying travelling, golf, and boating.

Misty 150 Vince Cattolica retired from the ANG and is now a CFP and Retirement Planning Consultant.

Misty 151 J.P. Richards left the Air Force and is a captain with Delta Airlines.

Misty 152 Moose Millard retired after 20 years, and flies for Southwest Airlines.

Misty 153 Mike Hinkle retired as colonel and is now a wood sculpturer living near San Antonio, Texas.

Misty 154 James Davies retired from the Air Force and is a Captain with Delta Airlines.

Misty 155 Jerry Marks lives in Sun City, AZ.

Misty 156 Dave Robb is deceased.

Misty 157 Dave Samuel flew fighters, did ROTC, retired and is a realtor in Boulder, Colorado.

Misty A 1 Ray Lee retired, formed a consulting company and an oil exploration company.

Misty A 2 Don Snyder retired as a Lt Gen, USAF, and currently lives in Western Pennsylvania.

Misty A 3 Tom Tapman lives in Belton, Texas and is President of Tapman Investments.

Misty A 4 Preston Hardy is deceased.

Misty A 5 Ted Hascall retired and returned to Texas A&M for a Ph.D.  He died in 2001.

Misty F 1 Dr. Dean Echenberg traveled the world for a few years after Vietnam before coming home and setting up a Medical Practice in San Francisco.  He then attended Cal Berkeley for a MPH and PhD in public health and worked as head of Infectious Disease Control in San Francisco during the height of the AIDS epidemic.  (Obviously he could have done a better job.)  He has also been involved in international health, heading up Project HOPE Europe, consulting in the Caucasus, the Balkans and more recently helping to deal with the results of the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia.

Misty F 2 Dr. Bob Gordon is practicing gynecology at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California.

Misty I 1 Ray Bevivino left the Air Force and started an international jewelry import business.

Misty I 2 John Haltigan rotated to Hickam AFB and would include BDA on Misty directed strikes in briefings at PACAF Hdqs.  He currently works for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC.

Misty I 3 Roger Van Dyken owns a boating firm in the San Juan Islands, Washington.

Misty I 6 Jim Titus taught for 18 years at the U.S. Air Force Academy, became Dean of Research at Air University, and is now back at the A.F. Academy as a professor.

Misty S 1 Joe Caruso returned to the states in Apr 68 as the Administrative Supervisor for the Deputy Chief of Staff/Personnel, Hq, Hq Command, USAF.  Retrained into Personnel in 1969 and was the NCOIC Airmen and Officer Assignments, Andrews AFB.  Served a tour at Rhein Main from 73-77 as the Athletic Director before going back to Andrews and retraining again this time into the Club Career Field.  Retired in 85 from the AF and currently is the Chief, Community Support Flight at Goodfellow AFB, Tex where he oversees the operations of the Collocated Club, Bowling Center, Outdoor Recreation, Marina, Skills Development, ITT ticket and tours.  Currently has 39 years federal service.