Interview with Bruce Gordon, September 19, 2022

Project: Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Veterans Oral History Project

Interview Summary

This interview, the first of two parts, covers the first half of Bruce Gordon’s career in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot, and briefly touches on his childhood and education. Gordon speaks about being stationed in Alaska and Korea, and describes his interactions with foreign forces and his experience testing F-106 planes while they were being re-designated as fighter planes.

Interview Accession

2022oh1604_scplv0004

Interviewee Name

Bruce Gordon

Interviewer Name

Julia Taylor

Interview Date

2022-09-19

Interview Keyword

F-106 Fighter plane testing Supersonic planes Delta wing aircrafts F-102 Combat exercises U.S.S. Pueblo Pueblo incident Reconnaissance Aircraft refueling MiGs The Spirit of Attack (book) October 1969 nuclear alert Madman theory Coercive diplomacy Active air scrambles Nuclear alerts North Korea

Interview LC Subject

Fighter pilots. Alaska Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Soviet Union Escort fighter planes Korea (South) Korea (North) Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Vietnam Cold War Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska) Radars Fighter plane combat. Eastman Kodak Company

Interview Rights

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.

Interview Usage

Interviews may only be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Restriction

No Restrictions

access interview in full screen

Interviews may only be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.

Add this interview to your cart in order to begin the process of requesting access to a copy of and/or permission to reproduce interview(s).

MLA: APA: Chicago:

Gordon, Bruce Interview by Julia Taylor. 19 Sep. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Gordon, B. (2022, September 19). Interview by J. Taylor. Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Veterans Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Gordon, Bruce, interview by Julia Taylor. September 19, 2022, Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Veterans Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.

If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.

Persistent Link for this Record: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt71n6vl5ckt5