FOX, JEFFREY

Name: Jeffrey Fox
Rank/Branch: Lieutenant Colonel/US Air Force
Unit: (probably) 23rd Tactical Air Supply Squadron
Age: 39
Home City: Tuscon AZ
Date of Loss: 19 February 1991
Country of Loss: Kuwait
Loss Coordinates:
Status: Released POW 03/05/01
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: OA10

Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)

Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 09 March 1991 from one
or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
published sources, interviews. Updated by the POW NETWORK 2002.

REMARKS: OPERATION DESERT STORM

SYNOPSIS: The A10 "Warthog" is a close-air-support aircraft originally
designed as a tank killer. The missions assigned to the A10 require them to
fly low, making them vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire.

On 19 February 1991, an OA10 "Warthog" flown by Air Force LtCol. Jeffrey Fox
was shot down over Kuwait, and Fox was captured by the Iraqis. The OA10,
apparently, is an observation modification of the A10, so Fox's mission was
probably that of forward air control or reconnaissance. Details have not yet
been made public.

Fox's father, Army LtCol. Joseph Fox, retired, was notified that his son had
been captured. The elder Fox, a 26 year veteran of the Army, spent many
years as an expert on the treatment of POWs. Jeffrey Fox has two sisters and
three brothers. All four Fox sons are currently serving in the military.

On March 6, 1991, Jeffrey Fox was released by the Iraqis. He was released in
a group of 15 Americans, some of whom were not previously known to be
captured. The group was apparently held near an intelligence center near
Basra.

Jeffrey Fox has been in the Air Force for 18 years and is originally from
Swansea, Massachusetts. Although his unit information has not been released
it has been presumed that he serves with the 23rd Tactical Air Supply
Squadron based at Davis-Monthan Air Base in Tuscon. One of his sisters,
Nancy Howard, lives in Oswego, Oregon.