28 June 1965 – U.S. forces launch the first major offensive in the Vietnam War. “In the first major offensive ordered for U.S. forces, 3,000...
Read MoreBart Edelen
Preferred Name: Bart
Date of Birth: November 25, 1944
Highest Military Grade Held: 0-3 – Captain
Hometown: La Plata, MD
Biography
Pilot Information
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Biography
Bart Edelen spent 21 years as an airline pilot with Eastern and Evergreen Airlines. He says his “Most vivid memories of my flying career are of flying the F-100, and of flying in and out of Kuwait with 50+ oil wells burning.”
He’s currently “semi-retired and hunting the Eastern wild turkey every chance I get; I would love to hunt for a Merriam’s turkey with a fellow Hun driver.”
Pilot Information
Units Assigned
- 1967 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 113th Tactical Fighter Group, DCANG,
- 1968 USAF flight school, Webb AFB, TX (T-41, T-37, T-38)
- 1969 Flight school-Andrews AFB, VA (F-100)
- 1970 Land survival training, Fairchild AFB, WA
- 1971 Sea survival training, Homestead AFB, FL
- 1973 Flight school-Fairchild AFB, WA (F-105)
- 1991 USAF civilian Desert Shield and Desert Storm medal, flying men and supplies in and out of Kuwait as Airline Capt. for Evergreen Airlines (B-727)
Awards & Decorations
Flight Info
T-41
T-37
T-38
F-100
F-105
B-727
Military & Civilian Education
Civilian Education:
- East Carolina University
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