Dwight E. Sullivan

Dwight Sullivan enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on October 28, 1951, and entered the Aviation Cadet Program in July 1953, receiving his commission as a second lieutenant on March 24, 1954. After completing Radar Intercept Officer and All Weather Interceptor Training, Lieutenant Sullivan served as an F-89 Scorpion Radar Intercept Officer with the 449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Ladd AFB, Alaska, from November 1954 to November 1956, followed by Basic and Advanced Pilot Training. Lieutenant Sullivan was awarded his pilot wings at Webb AFB, Texas, in February 1958. He next completed All Weather Interceptor Pilot Training, and then served as an F-101 Voodoo pilot with the 62nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron at O'Hare International Airport, Illinois, and K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan, from August 1958 to May 1963. Captain Sullivan's next assignment was as an F-101 pilot with the 437th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Oxnard AFB, California, from May 1963 to January 1966, followed by service as an F-101 pilot with the 75th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Dow AFB, Maine, from January to December 1966. Major Sullivan completed F-105 Thunderchief Combat Crew Training in May 1967, and then served with the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, from June 1967 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on October 17, 1967.