Air Force Capt. Mike R. Dietrich is currently deployed overseas at a forward-operating location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dietrich, an F-16 aircraft pilot, is regularly assigned to the 524th Fighter Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, N.M. The captain has served in the military for eight years. He is the son of Larry and Betty Dietrich of The Dalles, Ore., and nephew of Sandy Estes of Scott City.
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