- Brent Sherman
Brent Sherman, a resident of Wauconda, Illinois, is a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series. Sherman’s route to the NASCAR was not like that of most drivers. After high school, he completed a six-year enlistment in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Surveillance Technician on the E-3 AWACS. It was during his last year in the Air Force that racing caught Sherman’s attention. After a trip to the Jim Russell Racing School in Sonoma, California, … - Don Ho
Don Ho, born Donald Tai Loy Ho, (August 13 1930 - April 14 2007) was a Hawaiian musician and entertainer. - Brian Patrick Regan
Brian Patrick Regan is a former Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force who was convicted of offering to sell secret information to foreign governments. Regan worked at the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly, Virginia, and was a signals intelligence specialist. He is reported to have been heavily in debt, and sought to gain money by selling information to Iraq, Libya, and China. Regan is claimed to have written a letter to Saddam Hussein, … - Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, and Hollywood actor who is known for playing Cordell Walker on "Walker, Texas Ranger". In 2006, he became the subject of an internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts. - John Ciardi
John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. John Ciardi was primarily a poet, but he also translated Dante's "Divine Comedy", wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the "Saturday Review" as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, … - Bernie Faloney
Bernie Faloney was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League (primarily with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats) and an outstanding American college football player at the University of Maryland, College Park. Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Bright is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, and the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame. - Bob Ross
Bob Ross was an American painter and television presenter. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, he spent 20 years keeping medical records for the U.S. Air Force before becoming famous worldwide with his television program "The Joy of Painting". Ross has a son Steven from his first marriage to Linda. Steven occasionally appeared on "The Joy of Painting" and is a Bob Ross-certified instructor. Bob and Linda's marriage ended in divorce in 1981. - Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the "boom-chick-a-boom" or "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his dark clothing, and demeanor, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black." He started all his concerts with the simple introduction "Hello, … - John Boyd
Colonel John (Richard) Boyd was a United States Air Force fighter pilot and military strategist of the late 20th century whose theories have been highly influential in the military and in business. Boyd was born on January 23, 1927 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor's degree in economics and from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. - Clyde Edgerton
Clyde Edgerton is an American author born on May 20, 1944 in Durham, North Carolina. He is a rock star, and his books are known for endearing characters, small-town Southern dialogue and realistic fire and brimstone religious sermons. His books are full of humor, while still respecting the characters' integrity. He grew up in the small, rural town of Bethesda, North Carolina. He was the only child of Truma and Ernest Edgerton, … - Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and performer who gained international fame as an artist on the Motown label in the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning his career at Motown in 1961, Gaye quickly became Motown's top solo male artist and scored numerous hits during the 1960s, among them "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", … - Burton Blumert
Burton S. Blumert (born 1929, New York City) is the president of the Center for Libertarian Studies in Burlingame, California and the publisher of LewRockwell.com. Since 1959, he has also been the proprietor of Camino Coin Company which deals in bullion and coins. Burton S. Blumert is also a writer and a libertarian philanthropist. A close friend and supporter of the late Murray N. Rothbard's, Blumert is publisher of LewRockwell.com. - Richard Kerry
Richard John Kerry (28 July 1915 - 29 July 2000) was an American airman, attorney, diplomat, and author. He was the father of Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry. - George Carlin
George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York, New York) is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. Carlin is especially noted for his irreverent attitude and his observations on language, psychology, and religion along with many taboo subjects. In fact, Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case "F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation", … - Sean Baker
Sean Baker, a native of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, is a United States Air Force veteran and former member of the Kentucky National Guard, who served during the first Gulf War, and as a member of the 438th Military Police at Guantanamo Bay. In January 2003, Baker was ordered by an officer at Guantanamo to pretend to be a prisoner in a training drill. As per instruction, Baker wore an orange prison jumpsuit over his uniform and crawled under a bunk in a cell, … - Gerald R. Murray
Gerald R. Murray was the 14th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. Chief Murray grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and entered the Air Force in October 1977. His background includes various duties in aircraft maintenance and as a Command Chief Master Sergeant at wing, numbered air force and major command levels. His assignments include bases in Florida, South Carolina, Washington and Georgia. The chief also served overseas in Turkey and Japan, … - Saner Wonggoun
Technical Sergeant Saner Wonggoun (born January 22 1947) is a Thai American who was the United States Air Force's top fugitive from 1994 to 2006. Born in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, Saner Wonggoun moved to the United States at the age of 21 and enlisted in the Air Force in the mid-1970s. He gained United States citizenship in 1978, now having dual citizenship with his home nation of Thailand as well. - Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting in which the reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figure of the story itself. - Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy, born Charles McCarthy (born July 20, 1933) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist who has authored ten novels in the Southern Gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic genres. He has also written plays and screenplays. Literary critic Harold Bloom has named him as one of the four major American novelists of his time, along with Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, and Philip Roth. - Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, film director, and regular film narrator. He became known during the 1990s, after having appeared in a series of successful Hollywood films. - Scott Sather
Staff Sergeant Scott Sather was born on 21 June 1973 in Clio, Michigan. Sather joined the United States Air Force in 1992. Sather served in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. On 8 April 2003, while in southern Iraq, SSgt Scott Sather, a combat controller, assigned to the 24th Special Tactics Squadron stationed at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, became the first Airman killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. - John Hillerman
John Benedict Hillerman (born December 20, 1932) is an American character actor. - John Levitow
John L. Levitow (November 1, 1945-November 8, 2000) was one of two Air Force enlisted men to receive the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. On February 24, 1969, Airman First Class Levitow and the crew of his AC-47 gunship, Spooky 71, were flying over the besieged American force at Long Binh, dropping magnesium flares to illuminate the positions of Vietnamese troops. The plane was hit repeatedly with enemy fire. - Ahmad al Halabi
Ahmad Al Halabi is an American Muslim Airman who served in the U.S. Air Force. He was assigned an interpreter at the military detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ahmad was accused and detained based on espionage related charges. All espionage charges were later dismissed. Al-Halabi pled guilty to possessing and transporting classified information, violating a general regulation, and lying to investigators. In September 2004, he was sentenced at Travis AFB, … - Frederick J. Finch
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Frederick J. "Jim" Finch was the thirteenth Chief Master Sergeant appointed to the highest noncommissioned officer position in the United States Air Force. Chief Finch grew up in East Hampton, New York. He entered the Air Force in July 1974. His background was in missile maintenance and professional military education and he served in a number of operational, maintenance, and support units at every level of command, … - Duane D. Hackney
Chief Master Sergeant Duane D. Hackney, of Flint, Michigan, a United States Air Force Pararescueman, was the most decorated airman in USAF history and the recipient of 28 decorations for valor in combat (more than 70 awards and decorations in all), and winner of the Cheney Award for 1967 (the Cheney award is given annually to a member of USAF for an act of valor, extreme fortitude, or self-sacrifice in a humanitarian interest performed in conjunction with aircraft). - Ray Hanania
Ray Hanania (b. Chicago, Illinois, 1953) is an Arab-American journalist also known for his stand-up comedy. Hanania writes a syndicated column with a particular focus on the Middle East, and after the September 11 attacks, created a comedy act with the hope of defusing mutual suspicion. - Jerry Mathers
Jerry Mathers (born June 2, 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa), is an American television, film and stage actor, best known for his role in the television sitcom series "Leave it to Beaver" (1957-1963), in which he starred as Ward and June Cleaver's youngest son, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, a child living in a somewhat idealized suburban family. - Milton Bearden
Milton Bearden is a retired Central Intelligence Agency officer and author. He was born in Oklahoma and spent his early years in Washington state, where his father worked on the Manhattan Project and later moved with his family to Houston, Texas. After serving in the United States Air Force, he joined the CIA in 1964. During his 30-year career with the CIA, he was a station chief in Pakistan, Nigeria, Sudan and Germany. - Jason D. Cunningham
Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham was a United States Air Force pararescueman who was killed in action on March 4, 2002 while taking part in Operation Anaconda during the US war in Afghanistan. Cunningham was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross for his actions during this engagement, which were credited with helping to save the lives of ten wounded soldiers. - Thomas N. Barnes
Thomas N. Barnes (1930-March 17, 2003) CMsgt, USAF (RET) the fourth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force and the first and to date only African-American. In April 1949 Thomas N. Barnes enlisted the U.S. Air Force and received his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He later attended Aircraft and Engine School and Hydraulic Specialist School at Chanute Technical Training Center, Ill. - Donald L. Harlow
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Donald W. Harlow was the second Chief Master Sergeant, appointed to the highest non-commissioned officer position in the United States Air Force. Harlow was born in Waterville, Maine. In 1942, he graduated from Lawrence Academy at Groton. Months after graduation, in August 1942, Harlow entered military service. During World War II, he was assigned to the Army Air Corps. - Norman Marous
Norman Marous is the longest serving enlisted member in United States Air Force history with 41 years of service. He is the only person authorized to wear two longevity ribbons. - William Byrne
William Matthew Byrne, Jr. (born 1930) - (died January 12, 2006, Los Angeles, California) was judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He was best known for presiding over the trial of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. After receiving his law degree from the University of Southern California, Byrne clerked for a federal judge before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force, where he spent two years as a judge advocate. - Kenneth O'Donnell
Kenneth Phillip O'Donnell (March 4, 1924-September 9, 1977) was a top aide to U.S. President John F. Kennedy and part of the group of Kennedy's close advisors called the "Irish Mafia." Born Phillip Kenneth O'Donnell in Worcester, Massachusetts, he had his first two names legally reversed in the 1960s. During World War II O'Donnell served in the US Army Air Corps(1942-1945). After the war O'Donnell studied at Harvard College, where he met Robert Kennedy. - James M. McCoy
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James M. McCoy was the sixth Chief Master Sergeant appointed to the highest Non-commissioned officer position in the United States Air Force. Chief McCoy was born in Creston, Iowa, and graduated from Maur Hill High School in Atchison, Kansas in 1948. After attending St. Benedict's College in Atchinson and St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, he entered the US Air Force in January 1951. - Wayne Fisk
CMSgt Wayne Fisk was directly involved in the famed Son Tay POW camp raid and the rescue of the crew of the USS Mayaguez. When the USS Mayaguez was hijacked by Cambodian Communist forces in May 1975, Fisk was a member of the assault force that successfully recovered the ship, the crew, and the entrapped United States Marines. For his actions, he was presented with his second Silver Star. - Irv Rubin
Irving David Rubin was chairman of the militant Jewish Defense League from 1985 to 2002. Rubin was born in Canada, but after experiencing widespread anti-Semitism in his home city of Montreal, he and his parents and sister moved to the neighborhood of Granada Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, with a large Jewish population. - Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 until 2005 and was for some time the only Native American serving in the U.S. Congress. Campbell was a U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn into office as a Senator following his election on November 3, 1992. Campbell also serves as one of forty-four members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, … - Rodney J. McKinley
Rodney J. McKinley is the current Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
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