Capt. Chris NICHOLS, 1987

NICHOLS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 12/1/2012 at 04:27:10

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, December 03, 1987

Capt. Chris NICHOLS, USAF, and his crew were credited with rescuing an A-7 Navy attack aircraft in the Caribbean and preventing it from having to "punch out or ditch." When a radio message was heard by Capt. NICHOLS that fuel was draining out of the A-7 and that it couldn't make it back to Roosevelt base or to the carrier, NICHOLS coordinated the rescue and the navigator ran the rendezvous. NICHOLS is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, KS and was recently involved in the mission to Puerto Rico. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle NICHOLS of Mount Ayr.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2012