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Grew up in Eastern NC. Enlisted in AF Feb 57. Maintenance crew chief on B-47E’s at Lincoln AFB, NE, ‘til OCS in Mar 60. Commissioned 2Lt, Sep 60.
Sep 60 - Oct 61 Primary/Basic Navigation Training, Harlingen AFB, TX
Oct 61 - Jun 62 Bombing/Navigation Upgrade Training, Mather AFB, CA
Jun 62 Aircrew Survival Training, Stead AFB, NV
Jul 62 - Oct 62 B-52 Combat Crew Training, Castle AFB, CA, and Walker AFB, NM
Oct 62 - 1 Jun 68 B-52G crew navigator and radar navigator/instructor, Robins AFB, GA
Jan 66 - Apr 66 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL
Oct 67 - Offered regular commission - declined; requested release from active duty.
1 Jun 68 Left active duty to earn BS in Civil Engineering at NC State University, Raleigh, NC
15 May 71 Graduated NC State U.; returned to active duty
May 71 - Jul 75 B-52H crew radar navigator/instructor; also unit Standardization/Evaluation Division Flight Evaluator; Wing Navigator, Kincheloe AFB, MI.
Jul 72 - Dec 72 B-52D crew radar navigator, Guam and U-Tapao, Thailand, flying missions to Vietnam. Flew several missions to Hanoi during Linebacker II, “The Eleven-Day War,” that persuaded the North Vietnamese to negotiate a settlement ending US involvement in the war.
May 73 earned private pilot license
Jul 75 - Feb 78 Base Civil Engineering Chief of Operations and Maintenance, George AFB, CA
Feb 78 - Feb 79 Director of Engineering, Sondrestrom AB, Greenland
Mar 79 - 31 Oct 81 B-52G crew radar navigator/instructor and Chief, 68th Bomb Wing Bombing/Navigation Div., Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
31 Oct 81 Retired as Lt. Col. with 22 years active service; (~5,000 hours in B-52D, E, F, G, & H)
Nov 81 - May 01 Self-employed builder, building consultant and home inspector (helped write NC Home Inspector Lic. Law and Standards of Practice)
Alice, my wife of 47 years, and I have three children, Vivian (46), Dwight (43), Brian (41), and two grandchildren, Emmett (12), and Hannah (11). We’re all very lucky and fortunate to still be in reasonably good health. Alice and I still live in Goldsboro, NC, where Uncle brought us 25 years ago. Alice has been Community Arts Council Executive Director for 22+ years.
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