Kramer, David K.

David K. Kramer

Preferred Name: Dave

Date of Birth: August 8, 1940

Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel

Hometown: West Hartford, CT

After retiring from the USAF, Dave Kramer was the Security Manager at Anadarko Petroleum Corp – Algeria from 1993-1995. From 1995-1997 he was with Brown & Root in Algeria, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, and Houston. Then from 2000-2006, he was employed by RH Reny Inc. Damariscotta, ME (Buyer, Advertising, Traffic).

Units Assigned

4/1962-5/1962 Basic Training @ Lackland AFB TX
1962-1/1963 B-47 Bomb Nav Tech School Lowry AFB CO
8/1963-11/1963 OTS (DG), Lackland AFB, TX
12/1963-7/1964 Elect Maint. Off Tech School, Lowry AFB, CO
8/1964-4/1967 3242 CAE Maint Squadron, Elect Maint Officer, (Add’l Duty as Chief of Protocol Air Proving Ground Ctr) Eglin AFB, FL
5/1967-5/1968 UPT (68G) Moody AFB, GA
6/1968-12/1968 4517th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, F-100 Gunnery School, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
2/1969 -5/1969 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron & 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phu Cat AB, RVN (F-100)
5/1969-12/1969 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AB, RVN (F-100)
2/1970-9/1971 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England (F-100)
9/1971-12/1971 426th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, F4 Conversion Training, Luke AFB AZ (F-4)
1/1972-7/1974 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England (F-4D)
8/1974-7/1975 ACSC (DG) Maxwell AFB, AL
7/1975-12/1976 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Pilot/IP, Homestead AFB, FL (F-4E)
12/1976-1/1977 Medical grounding (Ocular Migraine)
1/1977-7/1977 Defense Intelligence School, Washington, DC
6/1977-6/1979 Air Attaché US Embassy Lagos, Nigeria
8/1979-7/1981 Exec to DCS Plans HQ USAFE Ramstein AB, Germany
7/1981-7/1983 Exec to Vice CinCUSAFE Ramstein AB, Germany
8/1983-7/1984 National War College, Ft Leslie McNair, DC
7/1984-7/1986 HQ USAF, Chief, Middle East/Africa/So Asia Plans & Policy Division
7/1986- 7/1987 8CSG/CC8 Tactical Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, Korea
8/1987-7/1990 Chief, Foreign Liaison DIA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC
7/1990-2/1991 DIS and French Language (FSI), Washington, DC
3/1991-4/1993 Defense and Air Attaché US Embassy Algiers, Algeria
1993 Retired USAF

Awards & Decorations

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F-100
F-4 D/E

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

1975 Air Command & Staff College
1977/1990 Defense Intelligence School
1984 National War College
1990 French Language @ FSI

Civilian Education:

1963 AB/History, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
1975 MPS, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

David K. Kramer

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