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  • Capt Robert G. Gifford
  • Foil: 14 Panel: Retired United Pilots Association Column: 1 Line: 75

    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:

    - Active duty USAF August 1951 to August 1955.

    - Flew 80 combat missions in Korea, April-July 1953 in F-84s with the 58th Fighter-Bomber Group.

    - USAF awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal

    - Participated in Allison Trophy Race, Wright-Patterson AFB, 1954.

    - United Air Lines pilot hired August 1955. Promoted to Captain 1967. Flew DC-6, Boeing 727, Boeing 767. Retired March 1990.

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