David I. Drummond

Dave Drummond was born in 1947 in Preston, England, and immigrated to the United States in 1951, receiving his American citizenship in 1961. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at Newark College of Engineering in Newark, New Jersey, on June 4, 1969, and went on active duty beginning August 23, 1969. Lieutenant Drummond next completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and was awarded his pilot wings at Columbus AFB, Mississippi, in August 1970, followed by C-7 Caribou transition training in November 1970. He deployed to Southeast Asia in December 1970, and served as a C-7A pilot with the 535th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Vietnam, from December 1970 to November 1971, and then for a short time as a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 7th Air Refueling Squadron at Carswell AFB, Texas. Captain Drummond next attended B-52 Stratofortress Combat Crew Training, followed by service as a B-52 pilot with the 9th Bomb Squadron at Carswell AFB until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam while on temporary duty to Southeast Asia on December 22, 1972.