USS MIDWAY Operation Frequent Wind (evacuation during fall of Saigon in 1975)
Jul 10, 2015
Rafe Arnott
USS MIDWAY Operation Frequent Wind (evacuation during fall of Saigon in 1975)
Rafe is part of the MIDWAY Speakers Bureau, and is a retired Naval Aviator who flew 200+ combat missions in Vietnam as member of VA-155 off USS Oriskany (CVA-34) and was later Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 146 (VA-146). He retired from the Navy in 1993 as Chief-of-Staff for Commander Strike Fighter Wing Pacific at NAS Lemoore CA. After a couple of year doing training support for the F/A-18 he spent 15 years working for Fedex and retired as a B-727 Captain in 2011. He has been a Midway Docent for 3 years.