In memory to those who lost their lives flying the "FB".

• LtCol. Robert S. Montgomery, USAF, a/c 68-0253, 340th BG, 7/10/70 at Carswell AFB, TX.
• LtCol. Charles G. Robinson, USAF, a/c 68-0253, 340th BG, 7/10/70 at Carswell AFB, TX.
• LtCol. Bruce D. Stocks, USAF, a/c 68-0283, 8/1/72.
• Maj. Billy C. Gentry, USAF, a/c 68-0283, 8/1/72.
• Capt. Edward R. Riley, USAF, a/c 68-0266, 509th BW, 14/2/77 at Pease AFB, NH.
• Capt. Jeremiah E. Sheehan, USAF, a/c 68-0266, 509th BW, 14/2/77 at Pease AFB, NH.
• Capt. Phillip B. Donovan, USAF, a/c 68-0261, 509th BW, 18/9/79 on Nellis AFB ranges, NV.
• Capt. William J. Full, USAF, a/c 68-0261, 509th BW, 18/9/79 on Nellis AFB ranges, NV.
• Maj. Thomas M. Mullen, USAF, a/c 68-0268, 380th BW, 6/10/80 off the Maine coast.
• Capt. Gary A. Davis, USAF, a/c 68-0268, 380th BW, 6/10/80 off the Maine coast.

FltLt. Anthony Short and SqnLdr. Stephen Hobbs died when their F-111G A8-291, crashed on a small island in South China Sea during the night of April 18, 1999.

HIGH FLIGHT

By John Gillepsie Magee Jr.

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds-and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of-wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft trough footless halls of air.

Up, up the long delirious, burning blue

I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or even eagle flew.

And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.