Cowan Glenn Nix

Glenn Nix enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Air Force on January 20, 1958, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and awarded his pilot wings at Reese AFB, Texas, on April 30, 1959. After completing F-100 Super Sabre Combat Crew Training, Lieutenant Nix served as an F-100 pilot with the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Kadena AB, Okinawa, from April 1960 to June 1963, and during this time he deployed to Southeast Asia in support of the Vietnam War from July to October 1962. His next assignment was as an F-105 Thunderchief pilot with the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, from June 1963 to August 1965, and it was during this time that he completed his bachelor's degree during an assignment to the University of Omaha, Nebraska, from January to July 1965. Captain Nix then served as an F-105 pilot with the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Kadena AB from August 1965 to June 1966, flying combat missions in Southeast Asia from August to December 1965, followed by service with the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Kadena and deployed to Southeast Asia from June 1966 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on October 1, 1966.