For a full biography written by Dale Boggie go to PROFILE: E. DALE BOGGIE, Colonel, USAF, Retired – by USAF Combat Camera
Here is a wonderful tribute to Boggie by friend Capt Spud Spaulding…
Dale Boggie – Volunteerism Personified By Ger “Spud” Spaulding, CAPT, USN (Ret)
For The Order of Daedalians and similar veteran-centric organizations, volunteerism is the fuel that makes them go. Call it “JP-V”. And Mile High Flight 18’s Dale Boggie, Col, USAF (Ret), has established such an extraordinary standard for volunteerism within his flight and the larger Daedalian fraternity it may never be matched. 
At the end of 2019 Boggie (pronounced “Bogey”) will stand down after more than 36 years in key leadership positions for Denver’s Flight 18 — one landmark year as Flight Captain plus 35 more as Provost Marshall/Publicity Chairman Extraordinaire — and tireless service to the Order.
His professionally crafted Daedalus Flyer Flightline articles about Flight 18 are legendary.
His landmark year as Flight Captain comes in 1977 as he nears the end of a 28-year military flying career that has included, among many other things:
• Accruing 315 hours in combat and 4,300 total flight hours in 26 different aircraft;
• Ejecting from a burning F-86H at 40,000 feet just before it blows up, free-falling 26,000 feet while waiting for his chute to deploy (a long-standing record), then being dragged some 30 excruciatingly painful yards through Cholla cactus before being able to spill his chute by sitting on it. Later he would say the cactus drag and subsequent treatment at the hospital were the worst parts of his incredible ordeal;
• Safely recovering a C-130 and saving 25 lives after losing two engines at night over the South China Sea and a third over the jungles of the Philippines prior to a successful landing in stormy zero-zero monsoon conditions with only #1 still running;
• Piloting an Air Force U-3 Bluebird Cessna 310 from LAX to NAS Miramar with the aviation legend MGen Benjamin Foulois, the nation’s first military pilot, flying as his copilot in the right seat;
• Doubling in flying scenes for Robert Wagner, Robert Mitchum’s costar in the 1958 Korean War film The Hunters;
• On his last F-4E combat mission in June 1972, striking a North Vietnamese SAM site with one of the first
laser-guided bombs;
• Serving as Producer/Director at the USAF Film Studio in Hollywood, working there with numerous well-known actors and actresses, Jimmy Stewart among them;
• Progressing through all ranks except master sergeant from slick-sleeve private to bird colonel and from aircraft mechanic to command pilot.
• Serving as a Flight, Squadron and Group Commander, Deputy Base Commander and Air Staff Officer in the Pentagon;
• Founding and leading Excel Services, Inc., providing A/V services to government clients;
• Along with his devoted wife Sharon, raising two lovely daughters and seeing them go on to highly successful professional careers.
While a busy Group Commander responsible for the photographic training of a 600-strong pipeline of Air Force, Army, Marine and Coast Guard students at the Lowry AFB Technical Training Center in Denver, his boss, the Commanding General of the Center, persuades him to “volunteer” to take on the additional duties of Flight Captain, Daedalian Mile High Flight 18, which at that time convened its monthly luncheons at the Lowry O’Club.
“And, oh by the way, the Flight Captain you’ll be relieving (due to his impending transfer) has already volunteered Flight 18 to host the next National Convention in Denver — and his offer has been accepted by National. Good luck, Colonel, and carry on!”
The convention that Dale and his incredibly resilient wife Sharon host in 1977 is a huge success. It would prove to be the first of 32 consecutive Daedalian National Conventions he would attend representing Flight 18, typically traveling to the convention sites in the Boggies’ trusty motor home. Over the years, they will own five of those, sharing driving duties while exploring all 48 contiguous states and much of Canada.
At 89, Boggie may be slowing down a bit, but he has not stopped volunteering. Not only does he participate in and chronicle long rides on horseback with the Hole in the Wall Gang in Wyoming and the Rim to River and Sombrero Riders in Utah and Arizona, he also serves as a Director Emeritus of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies.
Dale Boggie: patriot, F-86 Sabre pilot, Daedalian, good friend. Still volunteering and ridin’ tall in the saddle. Volabamus, Volamus! 
Edwin Dale Boggie (Col, USAF ret) “Headed West” on May 28, 2022.
“Date of Birth 22 August 1930 – Date of Passing 28 May 2022
An amazing man…a cowboy, a United States Air Force fighter pilot, a family man, a true friend to many, an inspiration to many more was welcomed to the gates of Heaven on 28 May 2022. Surely he was first greeted by all of the horses he loved and trained over the years with Gold Dust and Blaze waiting for him at the trailhead. And not just horses, but dogs (and yes) even a few cats waiting for their buddy. After that the people waiting for him… former pilots, military colleagues, his Uncle Tex, family, friends, and then the line of cowboys waitin’ to shake his hand.
Born in Portland, Oregon close to where his parents worked in a lumber camp across the river in Washington State. When he was due to be born, his mother took a log train (the only mode of transportation) to the hospital in Portland. She returned to the camp a few days later with Dale (or “Boggie” which was all that was listed on his birth certificate). Growing up in Washington and California during the Great Depression he became a ranch hand and cowboy during the summers. He had his own horse for roundups and cattle drives and learned to drive big trucks at age 13 hauling hay and cattle before he was old enough to have a license.
During his senior year in high school, Dale met an ex-WWII fighter pilot who was starting an aviation class. Dale immediately joined the class, and so began his aviation career. In 1950 he graduated from a 2-year degree program with an Associate in Arts degree and a license as an Aircraft Mechanic certified by the Civil Aeronautics Administration (now FAA). In November of 1950 he enlisted in the Air Force starting out as an airplane mechanic servicing aircraft in Korea during the Korean War. Seeing his potential, he was accepted into Officer Candidate School. He was recognized as a Distinguished Graduate and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1953. In 1955, Dale began Pilot Training in Arizona; and in 1956 graduated #1 in his class and was awarded his Silver Wings as a Jet Fighter Pilot. He chose to fly the F-86 Sabre, which remained his favorite aircraft.
In 1958 Dale met a lovely young woman named Sharon Trost, soon to be his wife and mother of their two girls. They eloped in 1959 in Las Vegas, NV at the Little Church of the West. After a tour in Okinawa, Japan he returned stateside with his bride and two daughters and attended the University of Southern California to obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Cinematography for the Air Force. His skills were needed for making documentaries, photographing missile launches, photo mapping missions, training films and reconnaissance missions during the Vietnam War.
His flying career had many twists and turns. While stationed in Palm Beach, Florida he made the best of his free time flying the F-86 in the movie “The Hunters” being filmed in Palm Beach. He performed flying scenes for Robert Wagner who co-starred with Robert Mitchum.
He survived some life-threatening situations, including his F-86 catching fire blowing up at 40,000 feet. He ejected just before it blew and had a 26,000-foot free fall before his parachute automatically deployed at 14,000 feet; the altitude of ejection set a record and recorded in military journals and made him an automatic member of the Caterpillar Club. Another miracle was when he lost 3 engines during a monsoon on a C-130 during a top secret mission and landed on a wing and a prayer in the Philippines, but “they were never there”. Just a couple of his many adventures.
Over Boggie’s career, he accrued 315 combat hours and 4,300 total flight hours in 26 different aircraft, stationed at numerous bases, countless assignments, including the Pentagon, before being stationed at Lowry Air Force Base where he retired in 1978 after 28 years to call Colorado home. He took a little time off before pursuing another career as founder of Excel Services providing audio-visual, photography and graphic arts to military bases. He continued to stay active in many military groups, the Quiet Birdmen and the Daedalians amongst them. He also pursued his other passion, horses! In 1979 he became a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies and later on joined the Hole in the Wall Gang. Holding positions of leadership in many he was a valued member, volunteer, and contributor, and treasured the camaraderie of fellow men that shared his passions.
Dale was a man of few words but commanded respect and trust… not with orders but just because of who he was. He was one of a kind. He loved his ladies of the STF (you know who you are!) with our spirit and lust for life. His physical body was broken beyond repair. But his Spirit, his Soul is boundless and lives on, loved by the people who knew him and by God himself.
Survived by his wife Sharon, daughters Linda Boggie (Sikke Minnema) and Lisa (John Anderson). Grandsons Brycen Calvin (Amanda Leavitt) and Matt Anderson (Hannah Smith). Grandson Jason Anderson (Laura) and children Emily, Alex Quintana, Jordan Heronimus, Joseph and Jeffrey Jaramillo. Sikke’s family in the Netherlands Karel Minnema (Kirsten) and their children Zoë and Kay, Ernest Minnema and daughter Lotte, Marike Minnema (Yelins Mahtat) and their sons Amithren and Imrid.
He was at peace knowing his final resting place was secured by his son-in-law John, and he would be eventually surrounded by the love his life, Sharon, his daughters and their families.
Aim High, Fly, Fight, Win….and Better Days.”
Source: Notice from Mike Paradise about Boogie’s passing, obituary from Edwin Boggie Obituary – Castle Rock, CO (dignitymemorial.com)
“My flying career had many twists and turns… enough to fill a book. I survived some life-threatening situations when an F-86 caught fire and blew up at 40,000 ft. I ejected just before it blew and had a 26,000 ft free-fall before the parachute automatically deployed at 14,000 ft.”
Dale landed in the desert where a strong wind dragged him through a patch of painful Cholla “jumping” cactus before he could collapse the chute by sitting on it.
