“Fred (Fearless Fred) Perra was known as the terror of the volleyball court and the ace spiker of the front line.
Undoubtedly one of the most enthusiastic students in the history of UPT, Fred is probably the only living student to have survived the T-37 program with 28 IP changes. Fearless Fred, the Air Force’s answer to John Wayne, was best known during the tween phase for his harmonious working relationship with Capt Brian D. Moats.
…The future may well find Fred anywhere in the world, striving ever onward, soaring to unimagined heights in his sleek gigantic, multi-engined Air Force aerospace vehicle.
71-01 Yearbook, page 51.
First of the Finest 