Hondo, Texas - Aviation Cadet Training
This site is dedicated to the career of Colonel Robert R. Mendonca - USAF
The links below are different deployments with photos.
The links below are different deployments with photos.
When Dad first joined the Air Force in 1953 he was sent to Hondo, Texas for Aviation Cadet training. Below are photos from that time. I'm not sure all these photos are from then, but I know some are. I'll fine tune them further once Dad sees this and lets me know...
(above) Dad second from left
(above) Dad in the middle
(above) Dad on far right
(above) Dad on far right
(above) Dad second from right sitting on wing
(above) Where's your box of Lucky Strikes?
(above) Climbing into cockpit
(above) say cheese!
(above) Getting a traditional soaking following his first solo