BILL BRADFIELD
BORN NOVEMBER 5TH, 1941 TO MARY HELEN AND WAYNE BRADFIELD IN EVANSTON, IL. ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. UPON GRADUATION WENT TO PILOT TRAINING IN JUNE, 1964. COMMAND PILOT WITH 5000+ HOURS OF FLYING TIME IN T-37, T-38, AT-33, F-100, B-52 D&H, O-1E, 0-2A, AU-24 AND E-3A (AWACS, USAF AND NATO)
SERVED IN VIETNAM, 1968/69. I CORPS, 20TH TASS. FLEW 330 COMBAT MISSIONS AS A FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER (FAC), FLYING THE CESSNA O-2A IN SUPPORT OF THE 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION AND AS A COVEY FAC OVER THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL IN LAOS. LIVED IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR THE START UP OF THE USAF AWACS PROGRAM, THEN IN GERMANY FOR THE START UP OF NATO AWACS PROGRAM. CHIEF PILOT IN BOTH PROGRAMS. COMBAT RELATED MEDALS INCLUDE THE THREE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES WITH V DEVICE AND ELEVEN AIR MEDALS. RETIRED FROM USAF IN 1985.
JOINED THE BOEING COMPANY AS THE DIRECTOR OF TRAINING FOR THE PEACE SENTINEL PROGRAM. PUT TOGETHER THE TEAM AND DEVELOPED THE TRAINING FOR THE ROYAL SAUDI AIR FORCE IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA. THEN BECAME THE VP/GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PEACE SENTINEL PROGRAM FROM 1991 – 1994 AND THEN THE VP FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR BOEING DEFENCE AND SPACE GROUP WORKING THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST.
SEMI RETIRED. I HAVE A SMALL TAX BUSINESS AND BUILD HIGH END HOUSES WITH ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS. MY WIFE HAS AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BUSINESS AND WE TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY HOSTING GROUPS OF HER CLIENTS. MEMBER OF THE TRAVEL CENTURY CLUB. SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NINE YEARS AND AM CHAIRMAN EMERITUS OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS SOCIETY, A NATIONAL NON-PROFIT 501(C)(19) WITH OVER 6,000 MEMBERS, DECEASED AND ACTIVE.
RECENTLY BECAME A LIFE MEMBER OF THE VFW. I JOINED TO SERVE VETERANS WHO ARE IN NEED AND TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE MINDED VETERANS IN THE ISSAQUAH COMMUNITY.