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http://www.veterantributes.org/Top20MostDecorated.htm http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=13848 http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/index.asp?page=8 http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.asp?ID=424 COLONEL JAMES C. HARDING, USAF Retired Colonel James C. Harding entered the Air Force in 1956 as a distinguished graduate of the Penn State University Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program where he was also selected as the outstanding Air Force ROTC cadet. His military career covered a variety of flying assignments as well as command positions. He served as squadron commander for a 400 person unit at Lackland AFB and as an A-1 squadron commander in combat conditions in Southeast Asia. He is a command pilot with nearly 5,000 hours of military single-engine flying time. He is a master parachutist with 69 jumps, including 18 combat jumps in Southeast Asia. Colonel Harding was shot down by a SA-7 Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) while directing a rescue mission in Vietnam in 1972. United States Army helicopters rescued him after he successfully evaded North Vietnamese troops. While on the ground, Colonel Harding used his survival radio to direct the rescue of his wingman, who had also been shot down on the same rescue mission. Upon retiring from active duty on July 31, 1979, Colonel Harding entered general aviation at Nueces County Airport, Robstown, Texas. In 1980, he turned his focus to the Air Force Junior ROTC program where he has been instrumental in organizing and implementing programs.