Stephen B. Dwelle
Preferred Name: Steve
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Date of Birth: July 1, 1940
Highest Military Grade Held: Colonel (0-6)
Hometown: Visalia, CA
Biography
In His Words… “A wonderful flying career in the Air Force, by accident. Enlisted to 0-6 in 20 years, 11 months, 11 days and out the door! What a hoot.” Steve Dwelle’s career highlights include 198 combat missions in Vietnam in the F-100 and two years with the “Thunderbirds” jet aerobatic team. In 1971 then Capt. Steve Dwelle took over as the Thunderbird’s solo pilot. In a European tour that same year, attendance at a one-day Paris airshow exceeded the attendance of all shows in 1967. His team performed 114 shows. Steve also served two years in the US Senate as a liaison officer and several years as commanding officer of a fighter squadron in the Air Forces
Units Assigned
- 55 TFS RAF Wethersfield
Awards & Decorations
Flight Info
F-100 F-104 F-4 F-5 F-15
Military Education
Armed Forces Staff College
Civilian Education
- 1963 BA, San Francisco State University
- Biography
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Biography
In His Words… “A wonderful flying career in the Air Force, by accident. Enlisted to 0-6 in 20 years, 11 months, 11 days and out the door! What a hoot.” Steve Dwelle’s career highlights include 198 combat missions in Vietnam in the F-100 and two years with the “Thunderbirds” jet aerobatic team. In 1971 then Capt. Steve Dwelle took over as the Thunderbird’s solo pilot. In a European tour that same year, attendance at a one-day Paris airshow exceeded the attendance of all shows in 1967. His team performed 114 shows. Steve also served two years in the US Senate as a liaison officer and several years as commanding officer of a fighter squadron in the Air Forces
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Units Assigned
- 55 TFS RAF Wethersfield
Awards & Decorations
Flight Info
F-100 F-104 F-4 F-5 F-15
Military Education
Armed Forces Staff College
Civilian Education
- 1963 BA, San Francisco State University
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