Ken Bell
While a member of the USAF space program, Ken Bell volunteered to fly F-105s in Vietnam. He won two Silver Stars and three Distinguished Flying Crosses, one of which he earned as leader of the first strike on the Kep Airfield. He retired from the Air Force in 1984 as a brigadier general and lived in Monument, Colorado, until his death in 2009.
While a member of the USAF space program, Ken Bell volunteered to fly F-105s in Vietnam. He won two Silver Stars and three Distinguished Flying Crosses, one of which he earned as leader of the first strike on the Kep Airfield. He retired from the Air Force in 1984 as a brigadier general and lived in Monument, Colorado, until his death in 2009. See less