USAFA Class Histories

Robert Mazet was born in New York City on November 27, 1940, grew up in California and graduated from the USAF Academy in 1963. He completed UPT at Laredo AFB, TX in 1964, then spent six years flying the F-4 Phantom II.

In 1966 he deployed from Holloman AFB, NM, with the 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) to Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, where he served his first combat tour. After spending several months back at George AFB, CA, upgrading to Aircraft Commander he returned to SEA at Ubon RTAFB. There he joined the 555th TFS and the 8th TF Wing. Upon completion of his second combat tour in 1968, he had compiled a total of 345 combat missions.

After returning to the U.S., he spent two years as an IP in the F-4D and E at Homestead AFB, FL and David-Monthan AFB, AZ, before resigning in 1970 to attend graduate school at UCLA. Following completion of medical school in 1975, he completed a three-year residency in internal medicine in Denver, CO, attended the School of Aerospace Medicine Flight Surgeon Program at Brooks AFB, TX in 1978, completed a two-year residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical center in 1981 and served three years in the Air National Guard as a flight surgeon from 1978-1981.

In 1981 he moved to the Phoenix, AZ area, where he was in private practice as an anesthesiologist until 1994, at which time he retired. He presently resides in Paradise Valley, AZ, with his two boxers, George and Kadie, and his Marchetti SF 260 and Staudacher 300. The latter which he flies in competition aerobatics. Submitted 1998.