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Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret)

 
 
Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret) Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017
1. Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret) Marker
Inscription.
Commemorative Air Force
Arizona Military Aviation
Walk of Honor
Proudly Recognizes
Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret)
Admiral Wisely entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1961. He flew 350 combat missions with VF-114 over Vietnam from the deck of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk. In 1967 during his second of three deployments, he was the first in the war to shoot down two enemy aircraft. He has tested the F-4 Phantom, F-14 Tomcat and the Sidewinder and Sparrow missile systems – and even the Soviet MiG-21. He later served in a number of command positions culminating with his assignment as Captain of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy. He has also served as Commander and Flight Leader of the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron (1980-1981). He retired from the U.S. Navy in October 1994 as a rear Admiral after serving as Director Warfare Systems Engineering and Architecture at Navy Space and Electronic Warfare Systems Command and Director
 
Erected 2014.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 33° 27.152′ N, 111° 44.121′ W. Marker is in Mesa, Arizona, in Maricopa County. Memorial is at the
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intersection of N. Greenfield Road and E. McKellips Road, on the right when traveling north on N. Greenfield Road. Located at the Commemorative Air Force Museum at Falcon Field Airport. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2017 N Greenfield Road, Mesa AZ 85215, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Barrett Tillman (here, next to this marker); Captain Ted Elvans Lines (AAF) (here, next to this marker); Major Gen Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret) (here, next to this marker); 1st Lieutenant Ralph Ambrose O’Neill (here, next to this marker); Colonel Bruce Perry Crandall U.S. Army (Ret.) (here, next to this marker); General Seth Jefferson McKee, USAF (Ret.) (here, next to this marker); MGen Barry Morris Goldwater, USAFR (here, next to this marker); Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret) (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mesa.
 
Also see . . .
1. RADM H. Denny “Rattler” Wisely. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on January 17, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

2. Commemorative Air Force Museum. (Submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret) Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017
2. Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret) Marker
Markers at the Commemorative Air Force Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017
3. Markers at the Commemorative Air Force Museum
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,189 times since then and 96 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.

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