In the 63rd Fighter Squadron, Maj. Meanwhile, the youngest brother, Capt. The desire and dream to serve the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot seems to be hereditary in the Plescha family. Brothers Franz, Stephen and Kevin grew up with their fighter pilot dad, and mother, Dolores, around the world.
Blood is definitely thick.
Moving 14 times in 17 years may have been one reason the Plescha family was so close, and why the boys decided to be fighter pilots like their dad, said Dolores. But looking back, I guess it really was something. While traveling the world, Dolores and her husband insisted their children learn to speak the German language. The elder Franz was born in Germany and later became an American citizen. I always impressed on my boys that people were different, not strange, and to understand a person, their culture and their thinking, you had to speak with them.