Craig G. Colter
Preferred Name: Craig
Date of Birth: June 14, 1938
Highest Military Grade Held: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Eagar, AZ/Palo Alto, CA
Biography
Pilot Information
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Biography
“I loved the Air Force. Nowhere else could I have been privileged to fly the wonderful machines and associate with the caliber of people that populated my world in the AF.”
Pilot Information
Units Assigned
- 1960 Pilot Training, Moore AB/Laredo AFB, TX (T-34, T-37, T-33)
- 1962 F-100 RTU, Luke AFB, AZ
- 1963-1965 522TFS, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100, four months combat out of Danang AB, VN)
- 1965-1966 171st Infantry Brigade, Ft. Wainright, AK (ALO/FAC, Army U-6, T-33 at Eielson AFB)
- 1966-1968 4517 CTS, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100 Instructor)
- 1968- USAF Aerospace Research Pilot’s School, Edwards AFB, CA (Test Pilot/Astronaut Training, various aircraft, including NF-104)
- 1969 F-105 RTU, McConnell AFB, KS
- 1969-1970 354 TFS and 355 TFW, Takhli RTAFB, Thailand (F-105, Sqd. jock and also worked in Wing Weapons shop, flew combat missions)
- 1970-1973 3246 Test Wing/AFSC, Eglin AFB, FL (Dual current in F-4 and F-105, was Director of A-7 Seek Eagle Program, flew weapons test missions and development test missions for laser and EO guided weapons, other weapons)
- 1973- 1975 336 TFS, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC (F-4, Sqd. Operations Officer)
- 1975-1976 War College, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy
- 1976-1978 NATO HQ, Air South, Naples, Italy (Operations Staff Officer)
- 1978-1981 388 TFW, Hill AFB, UT (F-4, F-16, was Wing ADO and DO, part of the team that brought the first F-16 wing to operational readiness)
- 1981-1982 HQ TAC, Langley AFB, VA (Director of Fighter Requirements TAC/DRF, defined requirements for Dual Role Fighter/F-15E, and ATF-which developed into the FA-22, upgrades to F-16, F-15, and A-10)
- 1982-1986 HQ AFOTEC, Kirtland AFB, NM (Director of Test and Evaluation, directed efforts of test teams all over CONUS and Europe, including those testing space systems, aircraft, weapons, and communications systems)
Awards & Decorations
Flight Info
T-34
T-37
T-33
Army U-6
F-100
F-104
F-105
F-4
F-15 E
F-16
A-10
F-22
Military & Civilian Education
Military Education:
- 1960 USMA, West Point
- 1976 War College (NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy)
- 1969 USAF Aerospace Research Pilot’s School (TPS-1969)
- Various schools and several survival courses
Civilian Education:
- 1956 Palo Alto HS
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