“...Any time, any place, in our service...” – Reflecting on the Service of the Oregon Air National Guard’s First Black Fighter Pilot, Maj. Gen. Garry C. Dean
In his first operational assignment with the F-15 Eagle, then-Captain Garry Dean served in the “Dirty Dozen,” the 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. He is pictured here in the back row standing, second in from the right, with other Dirty Dozen pilots during the squadron’s 1984 deployment to Whenuapai Air Base in New Zealand for Exercise Triad 1984. Triad 84 was the third of a series of Australia-New Zealand-US (ANZUS) exercises and saw the largest gathering of military aircraft in New Zealand since World War II. (Courtesy Eagle Country website)
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