1956-57-Air Force pilot training class 58 D, (T-33); Greenville AFB.

1958 -Advanced fighter training; F-84F@ Luke AFB; F-100@ Nellis AFB.

1959-64-B-47E S.A.C. = 301st B.W./32nd B.S., Lockbourne AFB.
Combat Readiness Medal=Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962.

1964-66 -KC-135A S.A.C. =461st B.W./909th ARFS, Amarillo AFB/March AFB
Air Medal= Young Tiger Ops, Thailand (Saved an F-105 with battle damage; had to cross the FENCE)

1966-67 -F-4C Phantom II, 4453rd CCTW, Davis Monthan AFB

1968 -O-1E/G/F "Bird dog", 19th TASS; Forward Air Controller, 2nd Brigade,9th Infantry Div. "Mobile Riverine Force", Mekong Delta, Vietnam

1969 -O-1E/G/F "Bird dog"/Army UH-1Ds, 19th TASS; ALO/FAC, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne, Vinh Loc Province & Trains Area, IIFFV& MACV HQ., Vietnam.
DFC=Sustained action in extremely hostile environment; specifically those on Feb 23, 1969 (see below).
Air Medal=2-15 OLC- for combat sorties flown
Army Commendation Medal- Basic= 9th Infantry Div. 1 OLC= 82nd Airborne

1970-71 KC-135A /T-29-301st ARW, Command Post Controller, Rickenbacker AFB.

1972-73 F-4E= 35th TFS & Wing Command Post Controller, George AFB.

1974 =35th Services Sq. C.O., George AFB.

1975-76 =35th Field Maintenance Sq. Exec./C.O., George AFB.

1 Oct, 1976= RETIRED. (Mission Complete)

Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for the following action, 23 February 1969, as accounted in 82nd Airborne Pacific Paraglide Vol. 1 No. 6, Phu Loi, Vietnam, May 1969:

"On a recent flight, Major Newnham detected a squad of Viet Cong in the Brigade's AO. He called for gunships and kept the enemy pinned down with smoke rockets and fire from his personal weapon until they arrived. He then marked the target with more smoke rockets and his fire was so accurate that one of the rockets hit a VC, killing him instantly. While the gunships fired up the area, Major Newnham continued to orbit the target, and when the "prep" was over he directed a combat assault. The operation resulted in five VC Killed by Air and one detainee."