Leroy W. Stutz

He was released during Operation Homecoming on March 4, 1973. Stutz next served at the U.S. Air Force Academy before going to the Air Command and Staff College. In May 1978, he attended Maintenance Officer School at Chanute AFB, Illinois, and was assigned to MacDill AFB, Florida in September 1978. He served as officer in charge of the 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit, maintenance supervisor, and later as commander of the 56th Aircraft Generation Squadron and assistant deputy commander for maintenance. After completing Air War College in May 1985, he returned to MacDill AFB and became the deputy commander for maintenance for the 56th Tactical Training Wing. Colonel Stutz was next assigned as the deputy commander for maintenance of the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, in December 1987. Next he went to Chanute AFB, Illinois where he became the vice wing commander and the chief of the operation division of the 3330th Technical Training Wing in July 1990, the commander of the 3360th Technical Training Group in February 1992, and the commander of the Training Wing in November 1992. Colonel Stutz retired from the Air Force on June 30, 1994. He was rated a pilot with over 750 flying hours in the T-37 Tweet, T-33, and RF-4C Phantom II. He is married to the former Karen Keirns of Cummings, Kansas, and they have one son, Brian, and three grandchildren; Aaron, Austin, and Aimee.