Salvador E. Felices

Salvador E. Felices

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In July 1957, Felices delivered the first KC-135 to SAC Headquarters and he was the first to pilot the first flight of a KC-135 made by the then joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1958, he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for landing a B-52 without the right rear landing gear.

Vietnam War

Felices held various positions within the military and rose in rank. On June 1968, he was named commander of the 306th Bombardment Wing. He flew 39 combat bombing missions over North Vietnam during the Vietnam War in a B-52 aircraft. In 1969, he became the commander of the 823rd Air Division which covered the regions of Florida, Puerto Rico, North Carolina and Georgia. On May 1970, Felices was named Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff at the Headquarters of Strategic Air Command. He was responsible for SAC's intercontinental ballistic missile operational testing programs.

Later years

Felices was promoted to the rank of Major General on April 2, 1973 and on August of that year became the Vice Commander of the Sixteenth Air Force, U.S. Air Force in Europe at Torrejon Air Base, Spain.

Major General Salvador E. Felices retired form active duty on September 1, 1974. He died of natural causes on July 14, 1987 in Florida and was buried with full military honors at the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery at Colorado Springs, Colorado. [ [http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/elpaso/cemeteries/academy/academn.txt USAF Academy Cemetery (by name index), El Paso County, Colo.] ]

Awards and decorations

Among Felices' decorations and medals were the following:

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* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.
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ee also

*List of famous Puerto Ricans - Military

References

External links

*cite web|accessdate=2006-08-12|url=http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5402
title=Biographies: Major General Salvador E. Felice
date=April 1, 1974
work=Air Force Link
publisher=United States Air Force


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