More detail on this person: Retired Lt. Col.
Joe Cabot Fouts, U.S. Air Force, 81, died on Jan.
5, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska, at Alaska Regional
Hospital. A memorial service with full military
honors and reception will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday,
Jan. 10, 2016, at Janssen's Evergreen Memorial
Chapel. Lt. Col. Fouts was born on Feb. 27, 1934,
in Lakeland, Fla. He was commissioned a U.S. Air
Force officer through ROTC at the University of
Florida in 1956. He flew C-97 and C-133 transports
world-wide, from 1957 to 1963, from Travis Air
Force Base, Calif. From 1963 to 1966, he was
stationed in Tarrejon Air Base, Madrid, Spain,
directing flights throughout Europe and North
Africa. From 1966 to 1969, he was a ROTC
instructor at the University of Florida. He
transition to helicopters from fixed wing in 1969,
and was assigned to the 40th Aerospace Rescue
and Recovery Squadron (Jolly Green) in Udorn,
Thailand. In 1971, he transferred to the 5040th
Helicopter Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base
and became squadron commander in 1973. In 1975,
he was assigned to the 381st Strategic Missile
Wing at McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita,
Kan. He retired from the Air Force in 1979, and
returned to Anchorage to pursue his passion of
flying, hunting and fishing. He worked for the
Municipality of Anchorage, serving as Executive
Assistant to Mayor George Sullivan, Executive
Manager of Enterprise Activities and 15 years as
Merrill Field Airport Manager. He retired in 1995.
He was a member of the U.S. Air Force Helicopter
Pilot Association, the United Flying
Octogenarians, the Order of Daedalians and OX5, a
world-wide aviation organization. He logged his
10,000th flight hour in the summer of 2014 in the
C-185 he owned for 30 years. He especially enjoyed
taking friends and family flying and visiting the
cabin he built near the Alaska Range. He will be
remembered by all who knew him for his generosity.
He often said, "Life is too short not to be kind."
Lt. Col. Fouts is survived by his wife of 62
years, Evelyn; son, Mark; and daughter, Susan;
daughter-in-law, Melissa; and grandchildren,
Matthew and Madeline. In lieu of flowers, the
family asks that you make a donation to a charity
of your choice.
Published in Alaska Dispatch News on Jan. 8, 2016
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