Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Tommy Downs. Known most affectionately by all who knew him as Chief Downs, Tommy served the United States Air Force and Kentucky Air National Guard for more than 30 years. Tommy’s service was cut short by his untimely passing after complications with pancreatitis in December 2009, but his legacy lives on in the hearts of those he served. Tommy was larger than life, in both his commitment to his Airmen and his stature, a giant among men in all facets of the word. Tommy had catcher’s-mitts for hands and a towering presence, but everyone knew his heart was the biggest part of his enormous frame.
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Maiden on the Midway 
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