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KENNETH E. LUCKEY was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1931, the son of Mrs. Paul Luckey and the late Dr. Paul D. Luckey. He attended grammar school and high school in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and entered the United States Military Academy in 1950.
Shortly after graduation from West Point in 1954, Lieutenant Colonel Luckey began his energetic career by attending flight school in Bartow, Florida. His determination and love of flying took him through flight school, navigation school for pilots and then on to Strategic Air Command as a co-pilot on a B-47. Still with the determination to learn more, Ken went on to the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, for a master's degree in electrical engineering. After receiving his degree he went on to the Air Force Missile Test Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, as an engineer. This proved to be a most challenging tour of duty but still the same "learn more" determination took him on to Air Command and Staff College and also to George Washington University, Montgomery, Alabama, for a master's degree in business administration. With his educational background he was assigned as a staff development engineer at Headquarters, United States Air Force. From this assignment Ken served a tour in NKP, Thailand, as an electrical engineer - Task Force Alpha. Upon returning to the States he was reassigned to Strategic Air Command as an operations staff officer in Omaha, Nebraska.
At this point in his career, Ken decided to seek experience in civil engineering. He became Chief of Programs, 9th Civil Engineering Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California, and later Chief of Operations and Maintenance. With this, Ken ended twenty years of faithful service to the United States Air Force. A quiet, intelligent, hard-working, honest man, Ken will always be remembered by his devoted wife Sally, daughter Paula, son Christopher, and his many, many friends.
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