Mustache March
Handlebar, pencil, or toothbrush? A gallery of famous aviators' 'staches in honor of a fuzzy Air Force tradition.
- By Rebecca Maksel
- Air & Space magazine, December 2012
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Courtesy Captain Michael Jackson
Captain Michael Jackson, a pilot at Whiteman Air Force Base, where he is the 509th Bomb Wing Operations Group executive assistant, has been "actively participating in the wonders of Mustache March since early childhood." The Captain modestly notes that "The 'stache has traveled with me around the world on five separate deployments. It has received six Air Medals to date. If I could describe my 'stache in one sentence, it would be: 'My 'stache is a hybrid-cross between a dragon and a tiger that was raised by Chuck Norris.'"
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Comments (1)
You missed one of the most classy: Don Gentile, 8th AF, 4th FGp Ace, a pencil-thin, Clark Gable look. I still have the one I grew in the USAF '69-72. Several of us airmen had them, and all of them pushed the USAF Grooming Standard to the limit…and as beyond as we could. Remember, this was the 70's. Trying to approximate a Fu-Manchu was tough, but we gave it our best!
Posted by Richard Moffa on March 16,2012 | 06:09 PM