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Brigadier General Richard Stephen Ritchie (born June 25, 1942) served as an officer in the United States Air Force and the Colorado Air National Guard, and a general officer in the Air Force Reserve.
6 de abr. de 2022 · The Vietnam war produced a total of five American aces, only two of whom were pilots: Randall “Duke” Cunningham of the Navy and Richard “Steve” Ritchie of the Air Force. The other three American aces were Weapons Systems Officers.
August 28 marks an important date in the life of Brigadier (Ret) Richard Stephen Ritchie, known in Air Force circles simply as “Steve Ritchie”. It was on that day, over the jungles of Vietnam that Steve Ritchie became the only Air Force pilot to become an ace in Southeast Asia.
Promoted to brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve in 1994, he became the mobilization assistant to the commander of Air Force Recruiting Service. For six years, he traveled across the United States, speaking to approximately 1,100 audiences in support of Air Force recruiting efforts.
Brig. Gen. Richard Stephen "Steve" Ritchie, USAF. (Robert Seale) “I miss combat flying to this day,” says Ritchie (photographed with an F-4 Phantom at Ellington Airport in Houston), who...
Capt. Steve Ritchie with an F-4D (#463) on ramp at Udorn Royal Thai Air Base after his fifth victory. USAF photo. Born in Reidsville, NC on 25 June, 1942, Richard Steven (Steve) Ritchie entered the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1960. Upon graduation on 3 June 1964, he entered pilot training at Laredo AFB, TX.
O n August 28, 1972, US Air Force Capt. Richard Stephen "Steve" Ritchie and Weapons System Officer Capt. Charles Barbin DeBellevue successfully shot down a North Vietnamese-flown Mikoyan-Gurevich...
