Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks, an Air Force F-16 commander who deliberately flew into one of the most heavily defended air-defense zones in the Middle East and dodged enemy missiles for 15 minutes ...
Lt. Col. William Parks speaks to the audience during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 26, 2025. (Staff Sgt. Stuart Bright/U.S. Air Force) An Air Force squadron commander who led ...
Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks earned the nation’s third-highest combat decoration for guiding his F-16 flight through a deadly barrage of surface-to-air missiles during a SEAD mission in Yemen. Lt.
Lt. Col. William "Skate" Parks, an Air Force F-16 commander who deliberately flew into one of the most heavily defended air-defense zones in the Middle East and dodged enemy missiles for 15 minutes ...