Michael Dunn:  

I was born in Logan, Utah while my dad was attending USU. He was from Logan and my mom from Brigham City. After he graduated we moved to Lava Hot Springs, ID for one year then back to USU where dad worked on his MA in community recreation. We then moved to Fort Brag, CA where he coached and taught high school. I went K thru 2nd in Fort Brag. For the 3rd grade we moved to Auburn, CA where he coached at Sierra Jr. College. 4th- 6th (beginning in 1955) was in Vallejo, CA at Cooper Elementary School. I attended Vallejo Jr. High School (California) beginning in the Fall of 1958 through the Spring of 1960. My father got a football job coaching in Brigham City, Utah at Box Elder High School beginning in the Fall of 1960--I was a freshman at Box Elder Jr. High. After graduating from Box Elder High School in 1964, I attended Utah State University where I played freshman football as a quarterback and joined the Sigma Chi fraternity and went active in the Spring of 1965. I served a LDS mission to the West German Mission headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. I was released on 31 December 1967 and re-entered USU in January 1968. I married Kitty Rhodes on 18 September 1968 and continued my studies at USU. With a draft lottery number of 21 on 1 Dec 1969 and 2 1/2 weeks to go to complete my student teaching and graduate from USU I decided to pursue a life long dream and join the Air Force to become a pilot. Our first son, James Michael Dunn was born in Logan on 13 January 1970. I began officer's training school in San Antonio, TX in July 1970 and after receiving my commission in October I started undergraduate pilot training at Reese AFB by Lubbock, TX in November. After completing pilot training, I remained at Reese AFB as a T-38 instructor pilot and flight test pilot in the T-37 and T-38. Our second son, David Leslie Dunn was born in Lubbock on 4 September 1972. I left Reese in 1975 for Beale AFB, CA where I flew the T-39 (Saberliner) and was the Equal Opportunity and Treatment Officer and later the Chief, Social Actions. Our daughter Alexis Kathleen Dunn was born 3 October 1975. I completed my MA in Counseling and Guidance in 1976 from the University of Northern Colorado. I was selected to fly the F-4, Phantom II in 1978 and attended Fighter Lead-In Training at Holloman AFB, NM (Alamagordo) and from there to F-4 training at McDill AFB, FL near Tampa . In January 1979 I reported for duty at Spangdahlem AB, Germany where I flew the F-4C, F-4 Weasel C, F-4E, F-4 ARN101E, and F-4G. Squadrons I was assigned to were the 81st (Wild Weasels) and 480th (War Hawks) was also the bishop of the Bitburg Servicemen's Ward. In January 1982 I left Spangdahlem AB for Homestead AFB, Florida (Miami) where I was an instructor/Flight Commander in the F-4D (309th Wild Ducks). In the summer of 1984 we left Homestead AFB for a NATO assignment at HQ AFCENT in Brunssum, Netherlands where I worked on the Special Weapons Staff until...Expand for more