David Bartlow:  

At graduation we were likely encouraged to make our mark in the world. It would be interesting to see how each of us fared in that endeavor. I tried to keep it very short but will surely expand or correct it as time goes on. Here is that brief look at my last 56 years or so. 1964-1966: Attended College of San Mateo for three semesters with a major in electronics. 1966-1986: Joined the US Air Force and trained as an Automatic Flight Control (Autopilot and Celestial and magnetic navigation Specialist) 2/66 – 12/66: Attended Air Force Technical School, Chanute AFB, Illinois 12/66 - 12/68: Stationed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 12/68 – 4/70: Stationed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. Received Private Pilot License 4/70 – 8/71: Stationed at Castle AFB, California Met my future wife, Rose. Received Commercial Pilot License 8/71 – 8/72: Stationed at U-Tapao AB, Thailand Participated in 20 B-52 and KC-135 combat missions over Southeast Asia. (Received the Air Force’s Air Medal) 8/72 – 1/80: Stationed at Edwards AFB (Flight Test Center) California 12/30/73: Married Rose 7/13/74 : First son, John, born (Not really premature.  ) 8/75 – 8/77: Autopilot System Evaluator for YC-14/YC-15 (Now C-17) Prototypes 3/13/78: Second son, James, born (13th again?) 1/80: Cross-trained to Computer Programmer (That’s one tough qualifying exam) 1/80 – 8/80: Attended Air Force Programmer School, Keesler AFB, Louisiana. 1/81 – 8/82: Stationed at Griffiss AFB (Northern Communications Command) 8/82 – 2/86: Stationed at Headquarters Military Airlift Command (MAC), Scott AFB 8/82 – 4/84: Served as assistant Program Manager for new AF inventory program. 4/84 – 2/86: Analyst in office charged with exploring New and Emerging Technologies for the Air Force. (Also approval authority for Data Automation Requests.) 3/1/86: Retired from USAF as Master Sergeant 3/86 – 7/99: Employed with S...Expand for more