More detail on this person: Born 4 Aug 1947
died 4 Jan 1999. Jim Minoque had contact with
Mike in 1998 and had heard that he had cancer. He
and I tried to locate Mike during 1999, but were
unsuccessful. We didn't have the SSN then. I
found the number on the Social Security Death
Index along with his name. I am very sorry to
have missed making contact with him. Mike, Ron
Lesonik and I were room-mates in the SF building
near the perimeter fence. We built the room in
mid 1969 from borrowed (stolen) materials from the
USAF and 5th SFG. We were all great friends back
then. Mike was a Bandit Pilot who extended his
tour to fly for Wolf Pack. He was a great pilot
and a Great American.
From: Bob Mitchell
I was deeply shocked when I read about Mike
Phipps death. I have tried to contact him more
than a couple of times over the years but with no
success, and for this I will always be sorry. I
just wanted to say Thanks! Mike was one of the
best pilots I ever knew and I credit him in no
small way for my survival. He gave me my initial
check ride for transition to Guns. He took me
under his wing and taught me things I didn't
believe were possible with a Huey. His call sign
was Wolfpack 34 and I was proud to inherit it when
he left country. I will miss him, even though the
last time I saw him was over 30 years ago. This
one is hard to take.
From: Mike Johnson
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