Philip Allison Rowe
and Julie Vinks
Husband of:
Marilyn Jean Thompson
After attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Phil joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952.
He completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University in 1967. During his time in the Strategic Air Command, Phil flew as Master Navigator in B-58, B-52, RF-4, and other aircraft, including more than 100 reconnaissance missions out of Saigon in 1968-69 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. After serving in the Systems Program Office for B-1 bomber development at Wright Patterson AFB in Fairborn, Ohio, from 1970-74, and engineering for the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) in Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1974-75, Phil retired from the Air Force in 1975.
Philip Allison Rowe
and Julie Vinks
Husband of:
Marilyn Jean Thompson
After attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Phil joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952.
He completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University in 1967. During his time in the Strategic Air Command, Phil flew as Master Navigator in B-58, B-52, RF-4, and other aircraft, including more than 100 reconnaissance missions out of Saigon in 1968-69 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. After serving in the Systems Program Office for B-1 bomber development at Wright Patterson AFB in Fairborn, Ohio, from 1970-74, and engineering for the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) in Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1974-75, Phil retired from the Air Force in 1975.
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