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LT Barrett T Beard, USNR (1953-1974 ) | |||
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 Beard |
Nickname: Tom Branch: USNR Commission: USNA 1955 Pre-Flight: NAVCAD 16-54 Wings Year: 1955 Active Years: 1953-1974 Reserves: 1959-1960 Mil Retirement: 1974 Last Location: WA |
Assignments: BTU-IS VA-115 VT-2 VAW-11 |
Highlights: Completed flight training in ATU-400 flying TBMs then plowed back to South Whiting teaching in SNJs, and later the newly introduced T-34. Then to the fleet, VA-115 flying AD-6s with a WestPac followed by a year in active reserves flying F9F-8s. Back on active duty in 1960 and back to Whiting Field teaching in T-28 in VT-2 Flight Three. Last half of this tour as academic instructor teaching special weapons. Then it was to VAW-11 flying E1Bs as a CAPC and a Vietnam tour at Yankee Station in Constellation. I then transferred to the Coast Guard and flew another ten years in Hu-16s, C-130s, and HH-52As, accumulating about 6000 military flight hours. |
| — Tom Beard July 16, 2011 | |||