Assuming command of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron ... outstanding performance in the combat area, four Distinguished Flying Crosses for heroism, and 12 Air Medals. In 1967, he was assigned ...

D-M is home to one A-10 combat unit — the 354th Fighter Squadron “Bulldogs” — as well as an active-duty A-10 training squadron and an Air Force Reserve A-10 training squadron, as well as ...

On that day, however, as his Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter/bomber reached velocities ... and he finished his career with the U.S. Air Force on the ground. But Pachura's story doesn't end ...