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CAPT Wayne K. Holum, 57th FIS, June 1978
Pilot Wayne Holum poses with F-4E 66-0300 upon completion of her short-lived 'sharkmouth' motif in the #2 alert pod.
Holum, a USAFA grad ('73), had come to Keflavik from the 335th TFS "Chiefs" at Seymour Johnson. When we received the F-4Es he was assigned ship #330. I was assigned as assistant crew chief, and we've been friends ever since. After Iceland he pulled a tour as an ALO with the Army, then to F-16s at Hill. He was the first pilot assigned to fly Right Wing with the Thunderbirds when they transitioned to F-16s in 1982. A USAF Fighter Weapons School grad with a number of years in Test & Eval at Nellis, as well as leading the F-16 Agressor squadron, he was best man for my wedding. In the summer of 1999 I was sent to Korea as a USAF artist, and finally had a chance to fly in his backseat - an F-16D at Osan - just before he retired from the Air Force as vice commander of the 51st Fighter Wing. He now flies for Southwest Airlines.
CAPT Wayne K. Holum, 57th FIS, June 1978
Pilot Wayne Holum poses with F-4E 66-0300 upon completion of her short-lived 'sharkmouth' motif in the #2 alert pod.
Holum, a USAFA grad ('73), had come to Keflavik from the 335th TFS "Chiefs" at Seymour Johnson. When we received the F-4Es he was assigned ship #330. I was assigned as assistant crew chief, and we've been friends ever since. After Iceland he pulled a tour as an ALO with the Army, then to F-16s at Hill. He was the first pilot assigned to fly Right Wing with the Thunderbirds when they transitioned to F-16s in 1982. A USAF Fighter Weapons School grad with a number of years in Test & Eval at Nellis, as well as leading the F-16 Agressor squadron, he was best man for my wedding. In the summer of 1999 I was sent to Korea as a USAF artist, and finally had a chance to fly in his backseat - an F-16D at Osan - just before he retired from the Air Force as vice commander of the 51st Fighter Wing. He now flies for Southwest Airlines.