NAME: Orman Eugene Hicks
NICKNAME: Gene
RANK: Colonel
BRANCH: Trans
STATUS: Retired
SERVICE: 31 years
DOB: 19 March 1923

SERVICE INFORMATION

HOURS FLOWN: 3015
COMAT HOURS: 313
FLT/NCO CLASS: AFLPC 1981 (1953)
SCHOOL: OCS, USAAVNS
MILITARY SCHOOL: Command and General Staff College
AVN DESIGNATION: Senior Pilot

AIRCRAFT INFORMATION

CH-34A/C CH-37B OH-13D-H UH-1D-H
T-41B U-6A U-8D/F U-21A

COMBAT EXPERIENCE

Vietnam

UNIT ASSIGNMENTS

1957 Headquarters Company, 40th Transportation Battalion (AAM)
1958-1959 31st Transportation Company (LH)
1959-1961 91st Transportation Company (LH)
1961-1963 8th Transportation Company (TA)
1969 34th General Support Group

POSITIONS HELD

Executive Officer
Commanding Officer
Commanding Officer
Commanding Officer
Commander

DECORATIONS

Legion of Merit [3]
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star Medal
Air Medal [5]
Army Commendation Medal

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

The first Army Aviator Advisor to the Royal Thai Army in 1954/1955
Contributed to the newly formed Army Aviation Branch
Flew missions to Laos, Cambodia, and French occupied Vietnam