Ed Autry - Groves, Texas

Gender: Male

Marital Status: married

Birthday: 1954

Hometown: Groves, Texas

Military Status: Veteran

Military Branch: Air Force

Military Rank: E-6

About Me:
I served 10 years active duty and 10 years Guard and Reserve.

TSgt. Hector Ed Autry, U.S. Air Force (retired)
I served 10 years active duty and 10 years Guard and Reserve.

[1977-1980]
Marksmanship Instructor, Air Training Command, Lackland AFB, Texas, training Security Police and Law Enforcement technical school students with the M-16 and Smith & Wesson .38 revolver.
Also trained Officer Training School students, Basic Trainees, Saudis, and before the Iranian Crisis... Iranians.

In November 1980, graduated from the Defense Information School (DINFOS) at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. DINFOS is the Department of Defense school for Broadcasting and Public Affairs.

[1981-1983]
European Broadcasting Squadron, ICF, Incirlik (IN-jur-lick) Air Base , Turkey – Armed Forces Radio and Television Service: Television news anchor, television news reporter; scripted, voiced, shot video, edited video. Live radio show, midnight to 6 a.m.. Also, hosted 'Incirlik Monthly Magazine', a television 'news magazine' program. Also, served as weekend television news anchor.
Camera operator – Both studio and ENG. Served in both News Department and Special Productions section for ICF Network, Incirlik AB, Turkey, European Broadcasting Squadron.


[1983-1984]
Air Defense Weapons Center, Office of Public Affairs, Tyndall AFB, Florida
NCOIC of Broadcasting. Base Tour Coordinator.
Scripted, voice, and edited "The Tyndall Report" for Channel 13, Panama City, Florida.
Supervised another broadcaster who served as news anchor for "The Tyndall News" nightly on Channel 7, Panama City, Florida.

[1984-1986]
American Forces Korea Network (AFKN), Seoul, Korea
AM Radio Announcer: Afternoon Drive-time radio show 'Rollin' Home', broadcast from AFKN Network Headquarters in Seoul, Korea to 40,000 American service members and their families throughout the Republic of Korea through our six affiliates. Responsible for the daily production of radio spots including voiced radio, television, and movie schedules.
FM Network Supervisor: Supervised and wrote performance reports on six other broadcasters .
Chief programmer for Broadcast Electronics 'Control 16', 24 source, automated music system known as "AFKN Superstation".]


[1986-1987]

1365th AVS, Goodfellow AFB, Texas

Production supervisor holding higher than Top Secret clearance. Created classified video productions for the FBI, CIA, and National Security Agency. Also, created on-base productions. Supervised other video production professionals. Planned video projects and issued assignments to production staff including scripting videography, audio/video editing, video switching, audio quality control/mixing, lighting, etc.



[1987-1990]

Palace Chase to 139th Civil Engineering Squadron, Rosecrans Field, Missouri.

(Missour Air National Guard0

Following hurricane Hugo, participated in humanitarian relief effort, rebuilding the roof of a civilian school on a mountain top near Manchioneal, Jamaica.



[1990-1994]

Headquarters 442nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Office of Public Affairs, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. (Air Force Reserve)

Staff writer and news photographer. Media Liason with both local and national news media. Several years served as media liason during our air show. ("Second Largest Air Show in the United States").



[1994-1997]

Air Force News Agency, Air Force News Service, Kelly AFB, Texas - Scripted, voiced and edited "Air Force Radio News", broadcast worldwide daily to all AFRTS radio stations.


For the past 13 years, I've served on the Museum Staff in Media Operations at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, in Independence, Missouri.

Hector Ed Autry
Cold War Veteran


For the past 14 years, I've served on the Museum Staff at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, in Independence, Missouri.

I'm a Founding Member of American Cold War Veterans, Inc. (www.AmericanColdWarVets.org) and currently serve as the ACWV Historian.

I'm also a Voiceover Artist and own and operate Ed Autry Voiceovers, located at: www.EdAutryVoiceovers.com .