Frederick C. McMurray

Captain McMurray was released during Operation Homecoming on March 29, 1973. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Travis AFB, California, and then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training, earning his pilot wings at Williams AFB in October 1974. He then completed F-111 Aardvark Combat Crew Training, followed by service as an F-111 pilot with the 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cannon AFB, New Mexico, from November 1974 to September 1979. During this time, he attended Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, graduating in April 1975. Major McMurray's next assignment was as an F-111 pilot with the 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron and as Chief of Wing Weapons and Tactics with the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, England, from October 1979 to June 1982, and then on the staff of Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein AB, West Germany, from June 1982 to October 1983. He served as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans with Headquarters 16th Air Force at Torrejon AB, Spain, from October 1983 to October 1985. Colonel McMurray's final assignment was at RAF Lakenheath, England, where he served as Chief of the Capability Assessment Team and then as Operations Officer for the 495th Tactical Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath from October 1985 to October 1987, and then as Chief of Wing Plans for the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing from October 1987 until his retirement from the Air Force on September 1, 1988.