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John Halligan

"John"

d 2025

Service United States Air Force
Highest Rank Lt Colonel
Years of Service 20
Combat Yes
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Biography as of May 25, 2026

Retired Lt Col Air Force 83: CP (Command Pilot): 

09: Education Services Officer, United States Coast Guard;

09: Education Services Officer US Coast Guard Philadelphia PA (Pennsylvania);

80-83: 100ARefWg BealeAFB; 78-a0: CPersAnalysisBr PersPlans Pgm (Program)&Analysis MPC (Military Personnel Center) RandolphAFB;

76-78: C Acft&SptBr/DirPersPlans HqSAC;

72-75: StdnEvallnslrPll 509BmbWg PeaseAFB; 

64-66: PIIKC-135 34ARefSq OffuttAFB/PeaseAFB; 

1DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross)-2MSM (Meritorious Service Medal)-10AM (Air Medal); 

48 Kindling Trl Horse Shoe NC (North Carolina) 28742-8811: Carol

35th Reunion (1998): 63-64: UPT, Laredo AFB, TX 64-66: KC-135 pilot, Offutt AFB, NE 66-71: KC-135 pilot and scheduler, Pease AFB, NH 71-72: O-2A Forward Air Controller (FAC), Danang & Plieku AB, Vietnam 72-75: FB-111 pilot, Pease AFB, NH 75-76: Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL (MS, Education, Troy State) 76-78: Personal Analyst, SAC HQ, Offutt AFB, NE 78-80: Personnel Analyst, HQ AFMPC, Randolph AFB, TX 80-83: Sq Ops Officer, Wing DOT, KC-135, Beale AFB, CA (retired June ‘83, Lt. Col.); awards, etc.: DFC, MSM (2), AM (10) 84-86: Mission and Operations Analyst, Rockwell North American Aviation, El Segundo, CA 86-89: Mission and Operations Analyst, Aerojet Propulsion Co., Sacramento, CA 89-94: Mission and Operations Analyst, Lockheed Missile Systems Division, Sunneyvale, CA 95-Present: Special Projects Director, Siskiyou County Economic Development Council, Yreka, CA Married Sharon Rivers April 81, and she’s still putting up with me. Just another middle-aged Rotarian and Lions Club member living a quiet and peaceful existence at the foot of beautiful Mt. Shasta. Life is good.