Air Force ROTC Detachment, Texas Tech Honor Fallen Red Raider F-16 Pilot
December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023
MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news:
By Cadet Kendall Jones and Cadet Jilliana Mullen, AFROTC Detachment 820
Seventeen years ago, Maj. Troy "Trojan" Gilbert was an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot who gave his life protecting special operations forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is a 1993 graduate of Texas Tech University, and his actions did not go unnoticed at his alma mater.
During . . .
By Cadet Kendall Jones and Cadet Jilliana Mullen, AFROTC Detachment 820
Seventeen years ago, Maj. Troy "Trojan" Gilbert was an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot who gave his life protecting special operations forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is a 1993 graduate of Texas Tech University, and his actions did not go unnoticed at his alma mater.
During . . .