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Colonel Carl Brown was born in Ohio, November 14, 1951 and has
three younger brothers. The family moved to Fairborn, Ohio and
there his interest in aviation was nurtured by the proximity of
Wright-Patterson AFB. Col. Brown spent most Saturdays at the Air
Force Museum, and took advantage of every opportunity to search
the non-public archives and files of unclassified aircraft
records. He participated in JR AFROTC during his last two years
of high school, where he was introduced to military discipline
and training. After graduating high school in 1970, he enlisted
in the US Army in hopes of going to flight school. Instead he
was trained as a field corpsman and surgical technician. Col.
Brown served one partial tour in South Viet Nam and four years
in Germany. The remaining position of the nine years he served
active duty was in various stateside assignments. He is married
with seven children, three are step-children.
Col. Brown learned to fly, after returning from South East Asia
in 1973, at Clarksville, Tennessee. He acquired his commercial,
ATP, and instructor rating after coming to Alaska in 1978. He
currently holds a commercial certificate in SES, and an ATP in
SEL/MEL aircraft. Between 1983 and 1987, Col. Brown was part
owner-operator of a combination flight school and Part 135 Air
Taxi. Since then, he has flown for three air taxi/commuter
companies throughout Alaska.
In 1991, Col. Brown joined the Civil Air Patrol and became a
member of the Arcturus Composite Squadron at Elmendorf AFB.
While there, he served as the squadron
Standardization/Evaluation Officer. From 1999-2002, he served as
Deputy Commander for Seniors and then as the Squadron Commander.
In 2002, he was appointed as the Alaska Wing Chief of Staff
under the leadership of Col Robert Brouillette. In 2004, Col.
was appointed as Vice-Commander and 2005 as Commander. |
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