BOB KRONE MILITARY & SPACE BIO SKETCH
Bob's first career was
as a Fighter Pilot, Commander, Personnel Director and International Staff Officer in the United States Air Force (1952-1975).
He flew the T-33, F-84G, F-84F, F-100D/F, T-39, F-86, F-105D/F in America, Europe and Asia. As Operations Officer and Commander
of the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F- 105D) he became the first USAF commander in the Southeast Asia Conflict to reach
100 combat missions over North Vietam (3 June 1966). He flew a total of 125 combat missions in SEA and earned the Silver Star,
four Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Bronze Star and eleven Air Medals. He was Chief of Nuclear Policy for SHAPE, NATO Belgium
(1971-1974) and created the first unclassified briefing for “NATO Nuclear Policymaking,” which was the subject
of his Ph.D. Dissertation at UCLA (1972). He ended his military career as Director of Personnel at Norton AFB, San Bernardino
(1974-1975).
He has stayed in touch with Aerospace by being a member of the NASA sponsored Aerospace Technology
Working Group (www.ATWG.org) that sponsored the book Bob Krone, Ph.D., Editor, 2006, Beyond Earth: The Future of Humans in
Space, Apogee Space Press. Universe Today judged that to be one of the best space books in 2006 and it led to Bob being a
Co-Founder and Provost of The Kepler Space University (www.keplerspaceuniversity.org) that opened its cyberspace doors on
1 January 2010.
Bob is a member of the Board of Directors of the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center
in San Diego, California, is the Secretary of the National Board of Directors of America’s Distinguished
Flying Cross Society (www.dfcsociety.org), and active with the Fallbrook, California VFW Post 1924.
Major
Bob Krone Korat Air Base, Thailand May 1966
