On Parr: The Stunning Combat Missions of American Fighter Ace, Colonel Ralph Parr

Ken Murray was born and raised in Hudson, Iowa. He was an understudy in the publishing business as his parents owned a Printing Company for more than 49 years. He joined the Air Force in 1986 and earned his MBA in 1990 from the University of South Dakota. He was an instructor/evaluator navigator on KC-135 air refueling tankers & also spent many years as an instructor navigator at the Nav School at Randolph AFB, TX. Murray is a combat veteran who flew missions in support of Operations Just Cause, Desert Storm, Allied Force, and was chief of combat operations at the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, supporting Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.