Born: December 5, 1929, Deceased February 13, 1979 Career Highlights: Dad dropped out of Harvard and enlisted in
USAF as a private in 1950. Within two years he had become a USAF officer and fighter
pilot. He served in Korea and Vietnam, although he never saw any action (he arrived in
Korea several In 1972 Dad retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel, and moved to Naples, Florida with his family. There he took up a successful second career as a Savings & Loan banker. He divorced his wife Virginia around 1976, and died of cancer in 1979. Clicking below will take you to a website that I first put onto the internet in late 1999. This website showcases Dad's beautiful color photographs from his first combat assignment in Korea, circa 1953-54, with the U.S. Air Force's 336th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, known then and today as the "Fabulous Rocketeers". Because this copy of the website is confined to this CD, certain interactive features will not work, such as the Rocketeers guest book. Also, unless you are viewing this CD from your browser while connected to the internet, the internet links will not work either. Click below to view the CD version If your CD drive designation is "d" click here: The Fabulous Rocketeers Online Scrapbook If your CD drive designation is "e" click here: The Fabulous Rocketeers Online Scrapbook If your CD drive designation is "f" click here: The Fabulous Rocketeers Online Scrapbook To return to the Stories for my Children pages, use your "back" button or re-start the CD by opening the "start.htm" file on the CD. To view the updated, online version of this website visit this location on the internet: www.FabulousRocketeers.com And while you're online, go to my student film's promotional website: www.StealingAltitude.com - John T. Starr |
Lt. Col. William John Starr, USAF, Ret.
Dec.
months after the war ended and was
no longer flying combat jets when Vietnam war started). Along with several training
aircraft (T-6 Texan; T-28 Trojan; T-33 "T-Bird") He flew the front-line fighter
craft F-86 Sabrejet, F-100 Super Sabre. He was an expert electronics, computer and
radio technician who spent the last half of his USAF career working with computers.