Lt. Col. Herb C. White, Jr. F22 Memorial - Austin, TX - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Located on a small military courtyard next to the University of Texas at Austin's College of Liberal Arts Building (which houses the ROTC Detachment 825's headquarters on its 5th floor), this small replica of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in flight was dedicated on Friday, November 15, 2013 with proceeds donated by a daughter and a nephew of former U.S. Air Force Pilot Lt. Col. Herb C. White.

Herb C. White received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valiant skills during the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands. As stated during the opening ceremony:

"within a week of his graduation from Army Air Force aviation training in April 1942 Lt. Col. White, piloting a P40 Fighter aircraft, was engaged in aerial combat against numerically superior enemy air forces in conjunction with the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands. Such a quick transition from training to combat operations is extraordinarily difficult and attested to Lt. Col. White’s skill as a fighter pilot and as well his personal bravery."

The accompanying plaque below the F-22 Raptor reads:

"Lt. Col. Herbert C. White, Jr. Memorial
Distinguished Flying Cross/Oak Leaf Cluster
11th Fighter Squadron (Aleutian Tigers)
11th Army Air Forces – Alaskan Defense Command
May 1942 – June 1943
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The F-22A represents the future of air dominance and supremacy for the United States
Donated by Marilyn White and Martin White Dies III
To the Longhorn Airmen of Detachment 825 "The Premier detachment in AFROTC"

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