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just an old man now turning 80 in a few months. Doing OK living in up state NY finger lakes still riding my Harley and taking care of my wife of 43 years who is fighting cancer and strokes. Children are grown and doing OK and so are my 3 grandchildren plan to live to at least 90 and see the National Parks on my Harley Trike
Military Experiences
Aug 1964 - Nov 1966
Crew Chief
Crewed a KC 135 and flew of many missions to Asia refueling all kinds of aircraft as they deployed to South East Asia in support of actions in Viet Nam flew on numerous refueling missions out of Kadana Okinawa and Clark AB Philippians
Jan 1960 - Jun 1961
Crew Chief Trainee
promoted to Crew Chief and crew a B-52 from June 1951 during the the Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy assassination
Deployments
(1 year, 3 months)Oct 1968 - Dec 1969
Vietnam War
flight engineer on C7 Carabou flying 1,021 combat missions though out Viet Nam and shot down only twice before returning to McGuire AFB to resume flying the C141 around the world until retiring in August 1979
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
Individual & Special Skill Schools
Oct 1966 - Dec 1966
Flight Engineer school Sheppard AFB TX
Certifications
Jun 1974
Commercial Flight Engineer License
Security Clearance
Top Secret
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees