John R. Bode

Preferred Name: John
Nickname/Call Sign: Issue 11
Date of Birth: September 16, 1933
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Ogalalla, NE

Civilian Life:

After retiring from the USAF in 1974, John spent the next 16 years as Unit Chief to VP and Group General Manager BDM International Washington/Albuquerque. In  1990 he became Associate Director of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque until 2000. While employed at BDM/Sandia he served (1988-1993) as a member of the US Air Force Advisory Board.

In 2000 he founded Bode Aviation, Inc where he was a pilot and in 2014 he became the organization’s Chairman and Executive VP.