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In Memoriam
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Charles Lacy Veach 3 October 1995 |
 He received the following honors: Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart. Charles Veach was commissioned in the USAF upon graduation from the Air Force Academy. He received his pilot wings at Moody AFB in 1967 and then attended fighter gunnery school at Luke AFB. During his career he flew the F-100, F-111 and F-105 on assignments in the United States, Europe and the Far East, including a 275-mission combat tour in the Republic of Vietnam. In 1976 and 1977 he was a member of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds. He left active duty in 1981 but continued to fly F-16s with the Texas ANG. He had logged over 5,000 flying hours. Afterwards he became a NASA flight engineer and flew with Space Shuttle on two occasions. Charles Veach died in Houston on October 3rd, 1995 of cancer. |
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Betty Cassaro Anthony,
Jul 27, 2013 - 03:59 PM
Found pic of Lacy that originally was pinned above my fathers workbench at 216 Gaius St. Bucyrus, Ohio. I think Lacy must have been my fathers hero. Father died in 1982. Notations on the back of pic: Air Force Thunderbirds, Columbus, Ohio 1978. My brother Robert Cassaro was a fighter pilot and also flew the F-16 over Vietnam was shot down and was picked up by Ronald Fogleman who later became Chief of Staff of the Air Force. My brother later trained pilots at Luke Air Base. He also trained pilots in the F-22 Raptor in Panama City Fla. I was just looking at my book Misty edited by Don Shepperd and I see Lacy was Misty 93. My brother was Misty 83. He is still my hero and lives in Phoenix Ariz. and flys his own plane and helicopters at age 80
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