Air Force

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is U.S. Air Force Veteran Agnes Helen Gomez Patterson. Agnes served during the Cold War from 1950 to 1952.

Air Force Veteran David Bonner served as a missile combat crew officer.

Air Force Veteran Henry E. “Hank” Chouteau served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Gary Peterson served three tours in Iraq. His duties included leading teams responsible for transportation, fuel, planning and supply chain management.

Air Force Veteran Shenandoah D. Ellis-Ulmer served for 21 years and attained the rank of master sergeant.

After 18 successful missions, Robert's aircraft was shot down in April 1944 during a mission in Berlin, Germany. Robert was taken as a prisoner of war.

Air Force Veteran Deirdre Jean Wright served for 20 years during the Persian Gulf War.

Anthony Philip Bevacqua served as an Air Force pilot during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

In a Lackland Talespinner feature, William, while training at Lackland AFB said, “My father brought us to America to find freedom and we have found it.”

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is an Air Force Veteran Nancye Crout. Nancye served from 1943 to 1944 on Active Duty as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot during WWII.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Jerold Eugene Francis. Jerold served as an Aircraft Mechanic from 1956-1960.

John Hawkins Napier III served in three wars, three military branches, and was one of last witnesses of the atomic bomb.