Bruce G. Seeber

Bruce Seeber was enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Air Force on December 30, 1952, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and awarded his pilot wings at Williams AFB, Arizona, on March 15, 1954. After completing F-86 Sabre training, Lieutenant Seeber served as an F-86 and F-84 Thunderjet pilot with the 391st Fighter Bomber Squadron at Alexandria AFB (later redesignated England AFB), Louisiana, from June 1954 to August 1955, and then as an F-84 and F-100 Super Sabre pilot with the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) at England AFB from August 1955 to December 1958. He then served as an F-100 pilot with the 614th TFS at England AFB from December 1958 to January 1963, followed by a bootstrap assignment to the University of Omaha to complete his bachelor's degree from January to August 1963. Captain Seeber served with the 615th TFS at England AFB from August 1963 to February 1964, and then completed F-105 Thunderchief Combat Crew Training in April 1964. His next assignment was as an F-105 pilot with the 36th TFS at Itazuke AB, Japan, from April 1964 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War while on temporary duty at Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, on October 5, 1965.