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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
RESUME
1956 -1966
Lt. Colonel Jimmy D Kempton (Ret.)
F-100 Fighter Pilot
481st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 27th Tactical Fighter Wing
Cannon AFB, New Mexico
EDUCATION
Civilian
1956
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Robert E. Lee High School, Montgomery, AL
University of Idaho, B.S. Physics
- Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society)
- ROTC Distinguished Graduate
- Teaching Assistantship
University of Idaho, M.S. Physics
Military
USAF Basic Pilot Training (T-37)
USAF Advanced Pilot Training (Supersonic T-38)
USAF F-100 Fighter Pilot Training (F-100)
Assigned: 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM --------------------
Squadron Officers School
MILITARY CROSS-TRAINING
Air Ground Operations School (AGOS) -------------------------------------------------
Forward Air Controller
Army Parachute School --------------------------------------------------------------------
Jump Qualified / Forward Air Controller
USAF F-100 OPERATIONS
Deployments / Operational Inspections / F-100 Ocean Crossings
Deployment to Takhli Royal Thai Airbase, Thailand (75 days) ----------
Exercise Delawar: Joint USAF / Iranian Air Force exercise, Vahdati Air Base, ----
Dezful, Iran (two weeks) Two Atlantic Crossings / C-135 Air Refueling
Exercise Desert Strike: Joint Army/Air Force combat exercise ---------------------
Home Base: Nellis AFB, Nevada (two weeks)
Deployment to Misawa Air Base, Japan (120 days) -----------------------------------
No Notice Pacific Air Force Operational Readiness Inspection
Nuclear Alert, Kunsan, Korea (Home Base: Misawa)
No Notice Tactical Air Command Operational Readiness Inspection (27th TFW)
Operation Two Buck 16: Vietnam via Hawaii and the Philippines -------------------
(24 Hour Notice - TDY tour duration of 200 plus days)
Pacific Ocean Crossing / C-135 Air Refueling
190 Day Combat Tour
111 Missions, 170 Combat Hours
USAF "Distinguished Flying Cross" / Two Awards
Presidential Unit Award, Air Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
481st Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (Secretary of the Air Force)
TOTAL F-100 HOURS: 967
REASSIGNMENT: Department of Physics / United States Air Force Academy 1966
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