Gregory Michael "Greg" Torres was born on May 30th, 1949 to Manuel and Ellen Torres. He had two older brothers, John and Peter. He attended Mission Valley High School and San Diego State University. Greg enlisted in the United States Air Force on July 22, 1972. He was stationed at Homestead Air Force Base for navigator training for an F4 Phantom fighter jet until he was deployed to serve at Kunsan Air For Base in South Korea as an F-4 Fighter Navigator in April of 1974. He then served in the military on November 15, 1976, in Spangdahlem Air Force Base in Germany, when he was 27 years old as part of the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing. The 52 TFW gained its third fighter squadron with the activation of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 15 November 1976. Greg was a charter member of the 480 TFS that was reactivated in 1976. As part of the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, flying the F-4D, Greg's unit was tasked with maintaining and operationally ready nuclear strike capability, conventional attack, interdiction, armed reconnaissance, and close air support missions. Greg and 1st Lieutenant Ralph E. Bower III, the pilot, were killed when their F-4D crashed on a training mission in Rheinfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on April 4, 1978. He died at the age of 28, and was buried in his hometown of San Diego, CA.

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