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Show ; '. ; i ; :-' ; ii H i I'i ' .v.v?-.' -.'r -'-v X -..,-: S h : ill v X A f 5' ' i u i. : . d i r . i h . h I i i . i r1 "v 1 I , S lt & h t $ ' Maj. Gen. John B. Hudson, vice commander com-mander of the Aeronautical Systems Division Di-vision (ASD), congratulates Maj. Vance K. Wilkinson, chief of the aircraft branch of ASDs Foreign Technology Division. Di-vision. Major Wilkinson was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for a ha- Son of Moab Man Cited for Hereil Maj. Vance K. Wilkinson has been awarded the Distinguished Dis-tinguished Flying Cross fo a hazardous mission performed per-formed while stationed in Southeast Asia. The presentation pres-entation was made by Maj. Gen. John B. Hudson, vice commander of the Aeronautical Aeron-autical Systems Division (ASD). While assigned to Tahkli Royal Thai AB, Thailand as the crewleader in an EB-66C reconnaissance aircraft, air-craft, Major Wilkinson lo cated and warned other aircraft air-craft about a complex of sufi'Elace (to air missiles within close range of his own aircrafe. He has been awarded the Air Medal, 1st to 4th Oak Leaf clusters for his southeast asia missions. mis-sions. Since November of 1970, Major Wilkinson has served serv-ed as the chief of the air- . zardous mission performed while i )JL tiond at Tahkli Royal Thai AB, Tin land. As crewleader of an EB-66C j r.'jp connaissance plane Major Wilkinson!-. ;,-Jj cated and warned other craft about i 'S complex of surface-to-air missiles witlj j close range of his own aircraft. craft branch of ASDs Directorate Di-rectorate of Foreign Technology. Tech-nology. Before his overseas over-seas tour, 'he was a B-S2 Electronics Warfare oiffi-' oiffi-' cer at Walker. Field AFB, N. M., from 1960 to 1966. The major graduated from Peru High School in Peru, Neb., and attended the University of Texas be-ifore be-ifore enlisting in the Air Force in 1957. He received his commission as an aviation avia-tion cadet the next year. He later graduated from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson, earning a degree in Aeonautical Engineering in 1969. Major Wilkinson is the son of Mr. C. E. Wilkinson of Moab, Utah. He is married mar-ried to the former Annette: Davis of Southern Pines, N.C. They live with their two children in Spring j M |
