19 Facts About Chuck Horner

Charles Albert Horner was born on October 19,1936 and is a retired United States Air Force four-star general.

Chuck Horner was born in Davenport, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa, as part of the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.

On June 13,1958, Chuck Horner was commissioned into the Air Force Reserve.

Chuck Horner currently serves on the board of directors for the United States Institute of Peace.

Chuck Horner was born in Davenport, Iowa, on October 19,1936.

Chuck Horner entered the United States Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program.

Chuck Horner was commissioned in the Air Force Reserve on June 13,1958, just before his graduation from the University of Iowa and was awarded pilot wings in November 1959 and was resworn with a regular Air Force commission in 1962.

Chuck Horner has commanded a tactical training wing, a fighter wing, two air divisions and a numbered Air Force.

Chuck Horner is a command pilot with more than 5,300 flying hours in a variety of fighter aircraft.

Chuck Horner later flew more than 70 combat missions as an F-105 Wild Weasel pilot, deliberately drawing anti-aircraft fire to identify and destroy North Vietnamese defenses.

In 1963, Chuck Horner was reassigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing and Seymour Johnson AFB, where he flew the F-105.

From April through August 1965, Chuck Horner was assigned as an F-105 pilot at Korat AB in Thailand, flying missions over North Vietnam.

From August 1965 to 1967, Chuck Horner returned to Nellis AFB as an F-105 instructor, becoming involved in a number of projects involving other aircraft and undergoing F-105 Wild Weasel training.

Chuck Horner returned to Nellis AFB in August 1967 where, after initial assignment to the Combat Crew Training Wing, he ended up flying as an instructor at the Fighter Weapons School.

In January 1977, Chuck Horner participated in his first Red Flag exercise.

Chuck Horner was Commander in Chief of North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Space Command; and Commander of Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado from 1992 to 1994.

Chuck Horner was responsible for the aerospace defense of the United States and Canada, and the exploitation and control of space for national purposes through a network of satellites and ground stations around the world.

In 2004, Chuck Horner served on a Pentagon team that looked into detainee abuse.

Chuck Horner is on the Honorary Capital Campaign Committee for the National Desert Storm War Memorial Association.