Our April 2021,Speaker will be USAF retired Colonel Fred Rochez. The meeting location will be in the Independence Center in the Morris/Nelson/Penn rooms, which is a change from our normal venue.
Col Rochez joined the Air Force in 1961 as a Distinguished Graduate from AFROTC at the University of Pittsburgh. He served a 27-year career and earned commendations including two Legion of Merits and a Bronze Star. He was involved in three wars during his service, including the Cold War, and Vietnam.
He was involved with the Cuban Missile Crisis and activated the second Minuteman Missile system during the crisis.
He served in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968 at Bien Hoa Air Base as a civil engineering Officer and was involved with repairing battle damage during the TET offensive.
During the 1980’s he served as Deputy Commander of the Space Shuttle Activation Task Force at Vandenberg AFB and was responsible for all ground facilities involved in launch and landing of the space shuttle on the west coast. He finished his career as the Civil Engineering Squadron Commander at Edwards AFB, and his unit received commendations from the Air Force.
Col Rochez, will speak about the Cuban Missle Crisis, the Vietnam TET offensive, and the Space Shuttle activation at Vandenberg AFB.
Reservations are required for in-person attendance; please call
Phil Simmons at 702-267-8475, or email at par4phil@cox.net
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