He participated in the planning and execution of numerous missions: complex airlift efforts for resupply of Cambodia; evacuation of Phnom Penh (Operation Eagle Pull) and Saigon (Operation Frequent Wind); Operation Babylift; Operation New Life; and the Mayaguez operation.
Eagle | Operation Overlord | Operation Enduring Freedom | Operation Barbarossa | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | American Eagle Outfitters | Golden Eagle | Operation Market Garden | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Bald Eagle | Wedge-tailed Eagle | Operation Torch | eagle | Operation Vistula | operation | White-tailed Eagle | The Eagle | Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi | Operation Provide Comfort | Operation Anaconda | Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters | Operation Weserübung | Operation Shingle | Operation Ivy | Operation Highjump | Operation Blue Star | Operation Anthropoid | Brooklyn Eagle | American Eagle Airlines | Operation Paperclip |
The evacuation of Phnom Penh scene was filmed near Bangkok in 1983 and Wheeler met Dean, who was then the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand.