STARLING ANDREW L

LTC Andrew L. Starling died after flight school but did not serve as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam on 07/01/1985 at the age of 61.6 (Exact date not known.)
Dallas, TX
Date of Birth 11/17/1923
Served in the U.S. Air Force
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More detail on this person: I am not aware that my dad ever flew helos. He was a C-7 Caribou pilot during one Viet Nam tour. He had previously flown B-25s, B-29s, B-36s, and KC-97s. He served as a Typhoon hunter on Guam in the early 50s and flew B-36s out of Fairchild, AFB with SAC in the mid 50s. He was stationed at Westover, AFB, in the later 50s and at Redstone Arsonal, AL where he earned the Missle Badge at the end of the 50s. He spent the early 60s in MacDill, AFB flying tankers and running base Services. He was later transferred to Hickam and Wright Patterson AFBs. He retired as a Command Pilot with more than 20,000 hours of logged flight time.

From: Michael K. Starling

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024