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  • Col. R.T. Dixon Jr. USAF
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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:
    Mr. Matthew T. Dixon

    Commissioned 29 May 1960 from Oklahoma State University
    1962 Flew C-123s for six month tour in Saigon
    1962 Cuban Missile Crisis sat on alert at Key West, Florida ready to drop 82nd
    Airborne Troops on Cuba
    1963 Flew C-123s during a six month tour in Da Nang
    1964 Operation Dragon Rouge
    1965 Returned to Vietnam flying C-130s (based out of Okinawa)
    1984 Director for Maintenance, Dyess AFB, Texas
    1984 Senior Military Airlift Commander in the Mediterranean
    1986 Base Commander, Scott AFB, IL
    1987 22nd Air Force Director of Logistics, Travis AFB, CA
    Retired with the rank of Colonel on 1 July 1990 after 30 years of service

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