John A. Dramesi

Lieutenant Colonel Dramesi was released during Operation Homecoming on March 4, 1973. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Andrews AFB, Maryland, and then attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., from August 1973 to June 1974. After completing F-111 Aardvark Combat Crew Training, he served as an F-111 pilot and Operations Officer with the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, from December 1974 to April 1975, and as Commander of the 390th from May 1975 to April 1976. His next assignment was as Chief of the Weapons Tactics Division with the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home from April to August 1976, followed by service as Director of Combat Operations with Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein AB, West Germany, from September 1976 to August 1978. Colonel Dramesi next served as Assistant Chief and then Chief of the Tactical Forces Division on the staff of Headquarters U.S. Air Force at the Pentagon from August 1978 to November 1979, and then as an FB-111A pilot with the 380th Bomb Wing at Plattsburgh AFB, New York, from November 1979 to June 1981. His final assignment was as Commander of the 509th Bomb Wing at Pease AFB, New Hampshire, from June to December 1981, retiring from the Air Force on February 1, 1982. John Dramesi died on September 17, 2017, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.