1st Fighter Association Officers
President - Steve "Buick" Olds
Steve “Buick” Olds joined the 27th Fightin’ Eagles in the Fall 1988 in his first assignment. Buick continued with the 27th as is first and only assignment and after Desert Shield / Desert Storm, he left the Air Force during the downsizing of the early 90’s. Buick moved into the entrepreneurial world where he has worked in a number of capacities, currently serving as the Founder & CEO of PATRIOT MISSION.
After joining the 1st Fighter Association in 2003, Buick began interviewing surviving WWII members. His team has continued to capture historical video and heritage interviews of 1st Fighter Wing members, events like the 27th Centennial Celebration and reunions.
After joining the 1st Fighter Association in 2003, Buick began interviewing surviving WWII members. His team has continued to capture historical video and heritage interviews of 1st Fighter Wing members, events like the 27th Centennial Celebration and reunions.
President Emeritus- Rich "Moto" Shook
Major General (Ret) Rich “Moto” Shook received his commission from the USAF Academy in 1978. He spent over 36 years serving on active duty and with the Air Force Reserve before retiring in September 2014. As a Senior Pilot, he accumulated over 2200 flying hours in F-15, T-37 and T-38 aircraft. He flew in the 94th Tactical Fighter Squadron from 1983-86. Rich also flew Eagles as a Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot at Luke AFB, Arizona from 1986-89. He then transitioned to commercial aviation until 2003. His combat assignments included tours in the Combined Air and Space Operations Center and as Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Forces Central Command in Southwest Asia during Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF). Rich currently works for General Electric Aviation supporting Air Combat Command. He and Margie live in Yorktown, Virginia and have four adult children. Moto was elected 94th Association President in September 2015
Vice President - "Yard" Corcoran
Secretary/Treasurer – Bob Baltzer
27th Association President - Steve "Buick" Olds
Steve “Buick” Olds joined the 27th Fightin’ Eagles in the Fall 1988 in his first assignment. Buick continued with the 27th as is first and only assignment and after Desert Shield / Desert Storm, he left the Air Force during the downsizing of the early 90’s. Buick moved into the entrepreneurial world where he has worked in a number of capacities, currently serving as the Founder & CEO of PATRIOT MISSION.
After joining the 1st Fighter Association in 2003, Buick began interviewing surviving WWII members. His team has continued to capture historical video and heritage interviews of 1st Fighter Wing members, events like the 27th Centennial Celebration and reunions.
After joining the 1st Fighter Association in 2003, Buick began interviewing surviving WWII members. His team has continued to capture historical video and heritage interviews of 1st Fighter Wing members, events like the 27th Centennial Celebration and reunions.
71st Association President - Rob “Wrut-row” Zastrow
CURRENT POSITIONS:
MILITARY CAREER:
- CEO & President, Spartan Global Aviation Group, LLC (privately held) o May 2021 - present
- Role: Lead Spartan Global operations and business development (2 affiliates
- operating Iraq and Saudi Arabia, plus United States FMS programs & Saudi training operations in U.S.)
- CEO & President, Spartan Air Academy Iraq, LLC (Spartan Global subsidiary): May 2021 - present
- CEO & President, Spartan KSA, LLC (Spartan Global subsidiary): May 2021 – present
- Director, Board of Directors, Bye Aerospace, INC.: Aug 2020 - present
MILITARY CAREER:
- Vice Commander, 435 Airbase Wing, Ramstein Airbase, Germany
- Director of Staff/Executive Assistant to Commander, Cdr CC-AIR NORTH/COMUSAFE, Ramstein, GE
- Commander, 85th Group (wing-equivalent, 700 personnel, 7 units), NAS Keflavik, Iceland
- Deputy Commander, 48th Fighter Group (1000 personnel, 4 units), RAF Lakenheath, UK
- Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL
- Commander, 44th Fighter Squadron (24x F-15C/Ds, 300+ personnel) Kadena Airbase, Okinawa
- Commander, 67th Fighter Squadron (deployed), OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH, Incirlik, TU Secretary, Joint Targeting Group, Stabilization Force (SFOR) II, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Mission Commander/Instructor, F-15 Air Defense, Royal Saudi Air Force, DESERT STORM, Saudi Arabia
- Graduate, F-15C Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV
- QUALIFICATIONS/PUBLICATIONS/BUSINESS
- Rated Pilot: ~3000 total hours, 2500 hours as F-15 Weapons Officer/Evaluator/Instructor/Pilot
- Author: CNAS, “Keeping the Edge: Revitalizing America’s Military Officer Corps” (USAF section), 2010
- Author: “Squadron Command-An Introductory Primer”, 2002
- Founder/President: Innovizion, LLC (established 2010), Strategy Consulting
94th Association President - Bill “Oral” Roberts
William “Oral” Roberts retired from the Air Force in 2002 after more than 22 years of service. He has over 2700 hours in light gray F-15s. His first operational assignment was in the 94th from 84-87. He spent an additional 10 years in three separate assignments in the F-15 Schoolhouse at Tyndall AFB, teaching and evaluating approximately 1,000 students in the classroom, simulator and aircraft. These assignments were interrupted by assignment to COPE THUNDER Exercise Planning in the Philippines and ACSC/ALO. As an ALO, he was able to influence the USA into fundamentally changing how they treated CAS at the National Training Center, improving combined arms training for both the Army and Air Force. He began his career as an enlisted Boom operator in KC-135 aircraft at Barksdale AFB, LA, home of the 8AF. His final assignment took him back to Barksdale as 8AF Stan/Eval Chief, Fighter Branch. In this role he flew mostly with the 122FS, Bayou Militia as an 8AF Guard-gained unit and flew multiple CAPs over his home town of Houston, Texas, President Bush when he was at his ranch in Crawford, Texas and led the squadron in scrambles in the alert role post 9/11.
Following retirement in 2002, he spent the next 16 plus years at Southwest Airlines before his latest retirement in mid-2019 after 42 years of active civilian and military aviation. He is currently unemployable as shown by the 18 months it took to submit this bio and hero shot. He currently lives with his wife Lisa in Houston and they enjoy travel, golf, his Harley and their adult children and grand-children. He was elected President at the last 1FW Association Reunion in 2018.
Following retirement in 2002, he spent the next 16 plus years at Southwest Airlines before his latest retirement in mid-2019 after 42 years of active civilian and military aviation. He is currently unemployable as shown by the 18 months it took to submit this bio and hero shot. He currently lives with his wife Lisa in Houston and they enjoy travel, golf, his Harley and their adult children and grand-children. He was elected President at the last 1FW Association Reunion in 2018.
Director of Enlisted Affairs - Randy "Mopar" Dodge
Randy "Mopar" Dodge began his time in the1st Fighter Wing in January 1979 as part of the 27th AMU He was assigned as the Assistant Crew Chief on F-15A 75-0023 "Maloney's Pony". Shortly after that he was promoted as the Dedicated Crew Chief of that jet. Mopar has been a Lifetime Member of the 1st Fighter Association since 2007, and the Enlisted Advisor since 2011. His favorite moment from active duty was an incentive ride in an F-15B piloted by former Association President Maj. Gen. (ret.) Bill "Frito" Lay. His favorite moment as an Association member was at the 2007 reunion where he met Joel "Rumhead" Owens, Darrel "DWelch" Welch, and Tom Maloney, all WWII P-38 Aces of the 27th Fighter Squadron.
