LtCol Walt “BJ” Bjorneby, USAF
(retd), is a retired US Air Force Command Pilot with extensive
operational and combat experience.
LtCol Bjorneby was a combat ready pilot in the F-86F Sabre, F-86D Sabre, F-102A Delta Dagger, F-104A
Starfighter,
F-4D and F-4E Phantom II covering a period of 22 years and 5000 flying
hours.
He flew no less than 150 combat missions in the F-4D/E Phantom in the
366th TFW based at Da Nang AB RVN, of which 15 were flown
into North Vietnamese airspace. LtCol Bjorneby is credited with kills
against five North
Vietnamese S-75/SA-2
Guideline Surface to Air Missile sites during this period.
He was Squadron Commander of the 68th and 390th
Tactical Fighter Squadrons. As CO of the 390th TFS at
Da Nang he
lost no personnel to enemy action.
LtCol Bjorneby served as a pilot in the 25th
FIS, 326th FIS,
332th FIS, 319th FIS, 307th TFS, 68th
TFS, 4th TFS, 390th TFS, 307th TFS. He
has flown
as Maintenance Test pilot in the T-33, F-102A, F-4E, and served as
Weapons Officer in F-102A units.
LtCol Bjorneby is a keen student of aerial combat and
is well known for his critical thinking and commentaries on this
subject. He has previously published on the subject of air power in
COunter INsurgency (COIN) operations.
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