HACKNEY   HALL, CHARLES   HALL, ROBERT   HAMBRICK   HAMER   HANDGRAAF   HARDEE   HARRIS, JAMES   HARRIS, JOHN   HARRISON   HARTLEY   HARTMAN   HARTSTEIN   HARVEY   HATCH   HAYES   HEETER   HEFFERON   HEITSCH   HEITZ, RICHARD   HEITZ, THOMAS   HENJUM   HENRY   HERNDON   HICKS   HIGH   HILSON   HINTON   HODGES   HOLLER   HOLLOMAN   HOUSTON   HOWARD   HURT   INGRAM   IRViN   JABLONSKI   JACOBS   JOHNSON, L.   JUDY   KAVANAGH   KELLEY, ALEX   KELLEY-KESLER-PEIXOTTO   KELLY   KENNEDY   KEY   KILGORE   KIRKHART   KIRKPATRICK   KISSINGER   KLINKERT   KNAACK   KNAPP   KOECHER   KOEHLER   KOMICH   LABRADOR   LACKEY   LANGE, GERALD   LANGE, MAURICE   LANGE, WILLIAM   LARKIN   LARSON   LAUT   LAWLOR   LEAZENBY   LEE   LEWIS, EDWIN   LEWIS, JORDAN   LILLY   LINGLE   LONG   LOVRIEN   LUNDY   LUTTRELL   LUTZ   LYNN   MADIGAN   MACDONALD   MAGEE   MAJORS   MALTZ   MANGRUM   MANGUM   MARBERRY   MARKHAM   MARTIN   MARTINEZ   MASON   MATHEWS   MAYO   MAZUR   MCCASKILL   MCCLELLAN   MCCOMB, PAUL   MCCOMB, ROBERT   MCDANIEL, JOHN   MCDANIEL, WYMAN   MCGEORGE   MCGOVERN   MCKEE   MCKINLEY   MCKINNEY II   MCLAUGHLIN   MCSWEENEY   MERCHANT   MERRITT   MICHELSEN   MIGIA   MIKA   MIKULSKI   MILLS   MODICA   MONROE   MONTGOMERY   MOORE, B   MOORE, H   MOORE, J   MORGAN   MORSE   MOYERS   MUDD   MULLEN   MURDOCK   MURTHA   MUSNICKI   NABORS   NEAL   NEALE, PHILLIP   NEGRETTE   NEHL   NEVILLE   NUPEN   O'GORMAN   OLIVER   O'MARA   ORR   PALMER   PARKER   PARKS   PEAK   PEEKE   PEISHER   PHELEN   PHILLIPS   PILUTTI   PINARD   PINAUD   PIROUTEK   PONCE   POOL   POWERS   PRUETT   PYEATT  




“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.

Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

General George S Patton, Jr.



THE FADING SOUND OF ROTOR BLADES

AS OUR FRIENDS DEPART ON THEIR FINAL MISSION




This "Final Flight" section is for honoring and remembering those members of the Air Force helicopter family.   Our friends will always be remembered as the great persons they were and for the part they played in our Air Force life.

 

Some may not have been a member of USAF ROTORHEADS however they were friends of members. Had they been given the opportunity they would have been welcomed to the group.

 

NOTE: Those members of the Air Force helicopter family that were lost during armed conflict are honored on the "Armed Conflict" and "SEA KIA/MIA" pages of the website.

 

                

 


Final Flights on this page are listed in alphabetical order with the

date of thier Final Flight listed below thier name.





 





~ H ~






Hackney, Duane D.

(September 03, 1993)

Hagerman, Eddie

(Septermber 02, 1969)

Hale, Don

(February 7, 2008)




Hall, Charles R. "Chip"

(February 28, 2009)

Hall, Robert "Bob" W.

(January 15, 2015)

Hambrick, George O.

(September 02, 2013)




Hamby, Thomas L.

(January 09, 1984)

Hamer, Jr., Breeden P.

(February 17, 2016)

Handgraaf, Michael

(October 09, 2014)




Hanf, Victor H.

(July 22, 1959)

Harder, Richard

"Bagger"

(November 21, 1996)

Hardee, Patrick

(January 03, 1987)




Harris, James Durley

(April 03, 2016)

Harris, John D.

(February 13, 2016)

Harrison, Billy Eugene

(August 08, 2013)




Hartley, Michael A.

"Mick"

(December 27, 2012)

Hartman, Jack L.

(April 28, 2015)

Hartstein, Frederick C.

(June 19, 2004)




Harwell, Michael

(September 03, 1998)

Harvey, Harold W.

(May 07, 1999)

Harvey Jr., William

"Harv"

(August 07, 2015)




Hatch, Emmett E.

(January 08, 2007)

Hayes, Deforest Roger

(January 25, 2009)

Hebert, James

(June 11, 1982)




Heeter, Owen "Al"

(February 17, 2007)

Hefferon, George X.

(May 04, 2015)

Hendrickson, William R.

(March 28, 1957)




Henjum Jr., Joseph

(January 01, 2010)

Henry, David C.

(December 13, 2013)

Heitsch, John F.

(August 17, 2002)




Heitz, Richard A.

(March 30, 2013)

Heitz, Thomas E.

(December 9, 2009)

Herndon, Tal H.

"Sunny"

(December 4, 2006)




Hicks, Jason

(March 23, 2003)

High, John M.

(August 09, 2009)

Hilson, Rodney Lewis

(September 15, 2013)




Hinton, Rufus E. "Rusty"

(November 23, 2008)

Hite, Homer L.

(June 9, 2007)

Hodges, Aron P.

(June 16, 2005)




Hodges, Michael A.

(March 14, 1989)

<HH-3E Crash-Kadena AB>

Hodges, Stephen K.

(February 29, 1979)

<HH-53C Crash-Kadena AB>

Holler, Frayser C.

"Boots"

(April 26, 2010)




Holliday, Richard L.

(June 11, 1957)

<H-13 Crash, TX.>

Holloman, William H. III

(June 11, 2010)

Hoon, Robert E.

(October 28, 1981)




Houston, William Nathan

"Bill"

(December 04, 2015)

Horton, Johnny

(August 2002)

Housewright, Charles L.

(May 19, 2007)




Howard, Thomas F., Sr.

(January 05, 2013)

Hughes, Derek C.

(October 29, 1992)

Hurt, Hoyt B.

(April 01, 2015)




~ I ~






Ingram, Eugene V.

"Sarge"

(December 26, 2012)

Irvin, Troy Glenn, Sr.

(May 17, 2009)

Ide, Robert.

(July 30, 1953)




~ J ~






Jablonski, Martin M.

"Marty"

(April 08, 2007)

Jacobs Jr., Clyde

(December 23, 2013)

Jensen, Randy K.

(November 01, 1981)




Jermyn, Robert A.

(January 15, 1985)

<HH-53C Crash-Hickam AFB>

Johnson, Charles A.

(July 30, 1953)

Johnson, Johnny R.

(Feburary 29, 1979)




Johnson, Leslie E. Jr.

(14 February, 2015)

Johnson, Wayne A.

(17 October, 1984)

Jones, Wayne R.

(September 26, 1998)




Jones, Terry A.

(September 11, 1959)

<Crash, Nellis AFB>

Judy, Mark R.

(April 07, 1984)





~ K ~






Karlson, Edward

(October 06, 1994)

Kavanagh, Robert J.

(May 11, 2008)

Kelley, Alex B.

(September 15, 2008)





Kelley, Steven W.

(October 29, 1992)

Kelly, Frank

(September 2010)

Kelly, Kerry "K. O."

(April 27, 2015)




 Kennedy, Leland T.

(December 28, 2003)

Kenney, Thomas E.

(October 08, 1969)

Kerry, Frederick S.

(September 26, 1975)




Kerwood, William J.

(November 23, 2003)

Kesler, Philip A.

(October 29, 1992)

Key, Raymond E., Jr.

(April 6, 2008)




Kidwell, Julian M.

(July 28, 1954)

Kilgore, Jackson

(March 13, 2008)

Kight, Richard T.

(June 17, 2001)

(Wrote the Rescue Code and

Motto and created its' emblem)




King, Ralph H.

(August 19, 1952)

Kirkhart, Terry Lee

(July, 03, 2012)

Kirkpatrick, Matthew D.(October 8, 2004)




Kissinger, Dale A.

(September,06, 2015)

Klinkert, Charles R.

(July, 13, 2015)

Knaack, Frank C.

(April 02, 2015)




Knapp, William E.

(March 20, 2003)

Koecher, Bob

(October 22, 1973)

<Crewmember on HH-3E crash Korea>

Kohfield, Eugene C.

(September 13, 1951)

(H-5G, #48-555 - Korea)




Komich, John N.

(January 21, 2013)

Kuehl, Lloyd R.

(January 18, 1963)

Kusy, Willis R.

"Joe"

(July 5, 2004)

(wrote the "Ten Comandments

for Helicopter Flying")




Kutscher, Jason

(October 06, 1994)






~ L ~






Labrador, Daniel R.

(May 28, 2015)

Lally, Gene

(Septermber 02, 1969)

Lane, William T.

(October 08, 1969)





Lange, Gerald J. "Jerry"

(June 26, 2013)

Lange, Maurice Allan "Maury"

(June 14, 2009)

Lange, William F.

(February 17, 2015)




Larkin, Don A.

(September 14, 2015)

Larson, Vernie F.

"Vern"

(March 19, 2014)

Laut, Thomas "Tom" J.

(November 11, 2009)




Lawlor, Francis John, Jr. "Frank"

(October 12, 2008)

Leaming, Larry R.

(September 26, 1975)

Lear, Leslie W.

(June 25, 1952)

(H-5H, 49-200 - Korea)




Leazenby, Michael D. Jr.

(June 27, 2015)

Lee, Mark C.

(October 29, 1992)

Lee, Robert E. "Bob"

(November 8, 2014)




Lewis, Edwin W., Jr.

(November 8, 2007)

Lewis, Greg W.

(Septermber 03, 1998)

Lewis, Jordan

(May 12, 2015)




Lilly, Warren R.

"Bob"

(October 12, 2007)

Lincks, Max B., Jr.

Paco

(17 October, 1984)

Lingle, Edwin "Dick" R.

(September 18, 2012)




Link, John Austin

(April 1, 2007)

Long, John Thomas

"J.T."

September 13, 2014)

Lovell, Robert

(January 14, 1991)




Lovrien Jr., Clark E.

(May 03, 2015)

Lundy, Billy Carl

(December 03, 2012)

Luttrell, Lonnie Calvin

(January 17, 2009)




Lutz Jr., Roland "Hap"

(July 25, 2014)

Lyle, Overton A.

(November 06, 1967)

Lynch, Newell H.

(January 03, 1957)




Lynn Jr., Charles C.

“Chuck”

(June 26, 2010)





~ M ~





Madigan, Richard E.

(May, 24, 1985)

MacDonald, Gerard H. "Gerry"

(August, 23, 2012)

Madarik, Jay A.

(March 09, 1955)




Magee, Eldon E.

(January 09, 1999)

Magee, Martin D.

(July 17, 1977)

<Twenty Nine Palms chute failure>

Majors, Charley Doyle

(September 15, 2008)




Maltz, Mike

(March 23, 2003)

Mangrum, Jackie Lee

(November 28, 2012)

Mangum, George Samuel

(September 13, 2015)




Manosky, Joseph E.

(May 10, 1949)

<H-5G Crash-Lowry AFB>

Marberry, Jimmy Don

(September 17, 2015)

Markham Sr., Anthony L.

(April 7, 2008)




Marshall, Kyle D.

(January 15, 1985)

<HH-53C Crash-Hickam AFB>

Martin, Joseph M.

(April 16, 2012)

Martinez, Ronald J.

(April 07, 1984)




Mason, David F.

(January 15, 1985)

<HH-53C Crash-Hickam AFB>

Mason, Thomas E.

"Tom"

(March 20, 1996)

Matthews, Dale E.

(January 07, 2014)




Mayo, Robert E.

“Bob”

(January 29, 2008)

Mazur, Stephen A.

(February 20, 2011)

McCabe, Richard

(August 10, 2007)




McCaskill, Nick

(April 06, 2013)

McCauley, Reese S., Jr.

(April 22, 1957)

<Crash, Japan>

McClellan, Paul E.

(May 28, 2013)




McComb, Paul Douglas

(May 23, 2011)

McComb, Randy S.

(November 19, 1983)

McComb, Robert W. III

(November 12, 1994)




McDaniel, John D.

(April 27, 2015)

McDaniel, Wyman O. 

(November 02, 2014)

McDermott, Sean

(August 13, 1998)




McDougal, Robert D.

"Bob"

(January 15, 2016)

McDowell, William A.

(March 07, 1959)

Mienhold, Robert L.

(December 21, 1964)




McGeorge, William M.

(March 17, 1976)

McGovern, Vincent H.

(February 22, 2011)

McKee, Pleas M.

"Pete"

(August 21, 2007)




McKelway Jr., St. Clair

(June 03, 1954)

McKinley, Ronald

"Ron"

(February 1, 2012)

McKinney, Carlos James

(August 14, 2015)




McLaughlin, Larry Dean

(September 23, 2010)

McSweeney, Charles T.

"Charlie"

(September 2, 2007)

Medernach, Mike

(August, 22, 2012)




Menze, Stan

(May 18, 1981)

Merchant, Leonard B.

"Feather"

(February 25. 2001)

Merrill, John Clifford

"Cliff"

(September 26, 1975)




Merritt, Ronald T.

(June 20. 2007)

Michelsen, Robert

"Bob"

(March 10. 2012)

Migia, Juan H.

(June, 27, 2012)




Mika, Carl L.

(December 03, 2010)

Mikulski, Ronald H.

(February 21, 2012)

Miller, Phillip

(September 03, 1998)




Mills, Harland V.

(September 11, 1959)

<Crash, Nellis AFB>

Mills, Russell G.

(November 13, 2013)

Milner, Alan L.

(October 09, 2000)




Milton, William H.

"Hal"

(September 03, 1998)

Modica, Edward S., Sr.

(August 29, 2007)

Monroe, Edward P., Jr.

"Buck"

(March 16, 2012)




Montgomery, Donald E.

(April 23, 2002)

Montrem, Alfred C.

(September 06, 1994)

Moody, Harold

"Hal"

(May 21, 2008)




Moore, Bertha Ray

(December 3, 2014)

Moore, Harold Wesley

(May 6, 2010)

Moore, James B.

"Jim"

(June 26, 2009)

Jim was the original webmaster of our RotorHeads website. It is though his efforts that this website is here for all of us to have our place to share our stories, experiences & photos of our part of the USAF helicopter family. Jim was a true American Patriot who proudly expressed his love of his family, his pride and love of his country, his service as a member of the USAF and his membership in the USAF helicopter family.




Moore, Philip E.

(17 November 1953)

Morey, William

(Date of Death Unknown)

Morgan, Eugene R.

(April 12, 2013)




Morse, John H. I.

(September 06, 2013)

Moyers, William R.

(June 10, 2014)

Mudd, Joseph F.

(October 22, 1973)




Mullen, Max H.

(January 15, 2013)

Murdock, Raymond F.

"Buck"

(February 04, 1992)

Murtha, James R.

"Jim"

(March 1, 2007)




Musnicki, Kenneth J.

(March 26, 2014)

Mustain, John B.

(July 25, 1958)




~ N ~





Nabors, Robert Gene "Frosty"

(April 03, 2015)

Nazjonale, Michael L.

(October 29, 1992)

Neal, Gerald "Jerry" G.

(March 29, 2014)




Neale, Phillip E., Jr.(September 08, 1965)

Negrette, Benny D.

(March 30, 2011)

Nehl, Jon Phillip Lee

(December 20, 2012)




Nelson, Terry A.

(September 01, 1988)

Neumann, Vincent C.

(September 26, 1955)

Neville, Ernest L.

(February 12, 2012)




Nupen, Harlan C.

(May 01, 1988)





~ O ~





O'Connell, John Patrick

(February 04, 1998)

O'Gorman, James E. "Jim"

(August 04, 2010)

Ohl, Russell H.

(January 15, 1985)

<HH-53C Crash-Hickam AFB>




Oliver, Carl W.

(October 08, 1969)

Oliver, James E.

(March 29, 2009)

O’Mara, Oliver Edward

(July 1, 2008)

Served in WWII, KOREAN WAR

and VIETNAM




Orr, Otho Alexander

(29 September, 1996)

Ortiz, Thomas M., Jr.

Rocky

(17 October, 1984)

Overturf, Bobby

(April 2, 2007)




Ozier, James H.

(August 26, 1959)





~ P ~





Palmer, Marvin L.

(April 05, 2016)

Parker, George L.

(October 06, 1954)

Parker, James Avery

(January 13, 2014)




Parker, Robert B.

(November 28, 1950)

(H-5H, 49-2009 - Korea)

Parks, John H.

(March 15, 2013)

Peak, Jack D.

(May 31, 2013)




Peeke, Cleveland S.

(March, 17, 2012)

Peisher, Robert J.

(November 21, 2009)

Peixotto, Roland E., Jr.

(October 29, 1992)




Peterson, Dennis A.

(December 07, 1941 -

July 02, 2013)

Phelen, Jim

(May 16, 2006)

(Crew Chief on 1st Helicopter Combat Rescue--25-26 April 1944)

Phillips, Michael Ray

(May 08, 1998)




Pilutti, Albert James

(March 01, 2012)

Pinard, Robert N.

(February 15 2010)

Pinaud, Joseph

"Joe"

(November 9, 2008)




Pinkerton, William

(February, 22, 1955)


Piroutek, John G.

(March, 17, 1976)

<CH-53 Crash, Sembach AB>

Pindzola, Steve

(January 15, 1985)




Plite, Jason

(March 23, 2003)

Plumhoff, Steven

(November 23, 2003)

Ponce, Afton M.

(January 07, 2014)




Pool, Sydney Smith, Jr.

(September 5, 2007)

(AUTHORED A VERSION OF

"LOW FLIGHT")

Pope, Thayer

"Tom"

(May 19, 2007)

Powers, Michael J.

(September 16, 2010)




Prementine, George P.

(June 03, 1954)

Preston, Thomas

(March 3, 2009)

Prince, Phillip

(June 9, 2003)




Prowell, James S.

"Steve"

(October 17, 1984)

Pruett, Joe Irron

(December 29, 2009)

Pyeatt, Robert J.

(March 19, 2016)


     



If you would like to have a Air Force helicopter person honored here or would like to pay tribute to one of the above, please send the information to USAF ROTORHEADS



              



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