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Southeast Asia. In January 1976 he became vice commander of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Clark Air Base, Philippines. He commanded the wing's detachment during Summer Rain, a joint U.S.-Royal Australian Air Force dissimilar air-to-air combat exercise conducted in Australia during February 1976. Brown was named commander of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing in October 1976.
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served as a staff action officer, Tactics Branch chief, and acting chief of the
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He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force in June 1953. He entered active duty in
October 1953 and was assigned to the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training program, Class 55C, at Marana Air Force Base, Arizona. Brown received his pilot wings in November 1954 at Williams Air Force
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Brown is a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours. His military decorations include the
Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and Air Force Commendation Medal with
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February 1966 he served as a flight commander and an F-4 instructor pilot at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. He then served a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam, with assignments at Nha Trang Air Base in the Direct Air Support Center, Tan Son Nhut Air Base in the Tactical
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He transferred to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in March 1975 as deputy commander for operations, 388th
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Base, Ariz. After gunnery school at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., his first operational assignment was in April 1955 with the 20th Fighter-Bomber Wing at Royal Air Force Station Wethersfield, England, as a bomb commander and intelligence officer, flying F-84s and F-100s.
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