18 Facts About Dale Brown

1.

Dale Brown was born on 2 November 1956 and is an American writer and aviator known for aviation techno-thriller novels.

2.

Dale Brown graduated in 1978 from Penn State University with a degree in Western European history.

3.

Dale Brown received a commission in the United States Air Force in 1978.

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Dale Brown was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress long-range heavy bomber and the FB-111A Aardvark medium range fighter-bomber.

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Dale Brown received several military decorations and awards, including the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon.

6.

Dale Brown rose to the rank of Captain and has 2,500 hours of flight time in B-52s.

7.

Dale Brown left the Air Force in 1986, having never seen combat.

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Dale Brown is a Life Member of the Air Force Association and the US Naval Institute.

9.

Dale Brown's novels have been published in 11 languages and distributed to over 70 countries.

10.

Dale Brown has been represented by literary agent Robert Gottlieb of Trident Media Group.

11.

Dale Brown tends to stay with the same characters over a long period of time.

12.

In 1994, Dale Brown resided in Folsom, California, near Sacramento, California.

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Dale Brown enjoys flying his plane, a Grumman Gulfstream II.

14.

Dale Brown is a mission pilot in the Civil Air Patrol.

15.

Dale Brown's wife Diane is a retired Sacramento police lieutenant and is a pilot.

16.

Dale Brown was charged with creating companies in the West Indies for the purposes of receiving tax deductions from fictitious expenses.

17.

The fictitious expenses amounted to more than $440,000, which Dale Brown claimed on his 1998 income tax filing.

18.

Dale Brown then used the tax deductions to remodel his home in Incline Village, Nevada.