TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS

PROCLAMATION NO. 2016- 09

A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE DAY OF MAY 31, 2016 AS LIEUTENANT COLONELNORMAN " JAWS" VUCHETICH DAY IN THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB; AND

PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Norman " Jaws" Vuchetich was born in San Diego

California. He began his military career as a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy inColorado Springs, CO on June 24, 1992. Jaws was a member of Cadet Squadron 10 ( Tiger TenHuzzah!) and setter for the men' s volleyball team. He earned his BS in Astronautical Engineeringwith a Minor in Japanese and was commissioned on May 29, 1996; and

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Vuchetich attended Columbus AFB, MS where he graduatedNo. 2 in class 98- 08 from Undergraduate Pilot Training. His flying assignments include twooperational tours in the F -15E, two Fighter Training Unit ( FTU) instructor tours F -15E and an

Operational Test and Evaluation tour in the F- 1 5E at Combat Hammer. After 5 tours in the F- 1 5E he

pressed on to his final flying tour at Sheppard AFB, TX, as an instructor in the T -38C Introduction toFighter Fundamentals ( IFF); and

WHEREAS, While stationed at RAF Lakenheath, England he was assigned to the

494th Black Panthers and flew his first combat sorties in support of Operations Allied Force andJoint Guardian in Kosovo. His tour was cut short by a few months to enable an ops -to -opsassignment at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC with the 335th Chiefs; and

WHEREAS, He arrived from the UK in January 2001 and began the upgrade to 2 -ship flightlead in his new squadron. On September 11, 2001, he was the Supervisor of Flying, and launchedout the First Strike Eagles to defend our nation' s capital. In the week that followed, he personallyflew several missions around the clock while all civilian aircraft were grounded as part of OperationNoble Eagle. Jaws was deployed a few months later to take the fight to AI Qaeda in support of

Operation Enduring Freedom; and

WHEREAS, Several notable sorties included the first use of the F -15E in emergency closeair support and the first and only thermobaric weapon used in combat ( anti -cave weapon). Jaws'

longest combat sortie was 12 hours in support of Special Operations Forces hunting theTaliban. He was awarded a single sortie Air Medal for his role in destroying a downed MC -130Ploaded with sensitive materials. As part of Wing Weapons, Jaws deployed to Al Udeid, Qatar andsetup the mission planning cell for what became Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was there that he flew

numerous sorties that removed the Republican Guard from defensive positions around

Baghdad. He also earned a single sortie Air Medal for the removal of a battalion of Iraqi artillery asthe US Army Forces advanced on the city; and

WHEREAS, In 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Vuchetich went from the 335th to the 334th Eagles

where he began to teach at the FTU. Jaws taught with the Eagles for 7 straight years and probablyhad a hand in teaching half of all the F- 1 5E drivers and WSO' s still around today; and

WHEREAS, While at Combat Hammer, he was deployed as a Squadron Commander for the

704th Expeditionary Support Squadron and afterwards returned to SJAFB and the Eagles. There hewas the Chief of Wing Inspections guiding the base through its first Operational ReadinessInspection in over 10 years. Jaws was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel; and

WHEREAS, Jaws has been at Sheppard AFB, TX for the last four and a half years moldingthe next generation of NATO fighter pilots. He was deployed as the Deputy Director for Operationsat Air Forces Central Command in Qatar; and

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Vuchetich is a command pilot with nearly 3, 000 flight hoursin the F -15E, T- 37, T-38A/C, and F- 16. He has kicked down the door in every conflict the US hashad in the past 20 years, dropped nearly every bomb in the inventory. Jaws has been given nearly51 awards/decorations/ medals, including The Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor, 3 MeritoriousService Medals, 5 Air Medals and many more.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR C. NICK SANDERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOWN

COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 31, 2016

AS:

LIEUTENANT COLONEL NORMAN " JAWS" VUCHETICH DAY

PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, this23rd day of May 2016.

Holly Fimbre, Town SecretaryTown of Trophy Club, Texas

OFiROph,

m . Nick Sanders, Mayor

own of Trophy Club, Texas

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