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Today in History – September 25, 1968 – 1Lt Norman M. Paulsen is KIA after F-100 #55-3602 crashes

25 September 1968 – Norman Macleod Paulsen was born on October 6, 1945, in Elmsford, NY.  His mother said, “Ever since he was a little boy, he dreamed of flying.” He had enlisted in the Air Force and began his tour on August 3, 1968. He had the rank of First Lieutenant. On a mission

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Zeitner, Charles M.

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Charles M. Zeitner

Preferred Name: Chuck
Date of Birth: March 24, 1929
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
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After serving in the USAF as a fighter pilot for 30 years, Chuck Zeitner was MTS/Manager  at The Aerospace Corporation from 1983-1997. He then started an Olive Growing business.

Units Assigned

  • 1957  388 Tactical Fighter Bomber Group/561st Fighter-Bomber Wing, Hahn AB, Germany (F-100 D/F)
  • 1958 49th Tactical Fighter Squadron/8th Fighter Wing, Etain-Rouvres Air Base, France (F-100)
  • 1963 352nd Fighter Day Squadron/354 Fighter-Day Wing, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1967 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Fighter Bomber Wing, Commander, Lakenheath, England (F-100)

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Flight Info

  • F-100 D/F

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1973 Air War College

Civilian Education:

  • 1952 BS/Electrical and Electronics Engineering, South Dakota State University

Zietner, Charles In SSS Hoedown Band
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