Col Matheson is dual rated Vietnam Veteran with 1289 combat hours in the EC-121R "BATCAT" and 139 combat mission as a NAIL FAC, with the 23rd TASS over North Vietnam the Laos. He continued to fly combat support missions from Travis AFB, California until the Vietnamese capitulation in 1975, in the C-141 and C-5A. Eventually he accrued a career total of 14,000 flight hours of military and civilian flight time. His many medals include the Humanitarian Service Medal and Vietnamese Service Medal with four battle stars. Col Matheson is a graduate of Utah State University in Engineering, he entered...
Col Matheson is dual rated Vietnam Veteran with 1289 combat hours in the EC-121R "BATCAT" and 139 combat mission as a NAIL FAC, with the 23rd TASS ove...