Brent Brandon

Brent Brandon

Brent Brandon (1960 - ) is a former U.S. Air Force officer and Electronic Warfare Officer who scored an air-to-air kill against an Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1, in the opening minutes of the Gulf War on January 17, 1991. During an engagement that involved aggressive, low-altitude maneuvering, the F-1 impacted the ground making Brandon's unarmed EF-111 the first and only F-111 to achieve an aerial victory over another aircraft.

Background

After schooling near Oxford, England, Brent graduated in 1978 from The Bahrain School, an international high school in the Persian Gulf with students from 28 nations. He earned an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy, graduating in 1984 as the outstanding graduate in military performance and the outstanding graduate in political science. He earned a Master of Public Policy degree in 1986 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. During his fellowship, he completed a policy analysis for the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Near East Asia, served as research assistant for the director of Harvard's Mid-East Center and performed economic policy analysis on trade for the Japanese Consulate in Boston.

As an Air Force Captain, Brent completed undergraduate flight training as a distinguished graduate and received his wings in 1988. He was assigned to the EF-111 fighter aircraft at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho after winning the Air Force's award for Leadership, Flying and Academic Excellence and top honors in the AT-38 at Lead-In Fighter training at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

with three oak leaf clusters, the Aerial Achievement Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon and the National Defense Medal. Upon his return from the Gulf War, Brandon was drafted to run for the congressional seat in the 1st District of Idaho, but declined.

He is the author of "The Evolution of Nuclear Deterrence" in "American Defense Policy" and has been the keynote speaker across the northwest, including at a state-wide banquet whose former keynote speakers included Vice President Richard B. Cheney. As spokesman for Washington Group International, he has been widely quoted in media sources including the New York Times, Fortune Magazine, and major network affiliates. He is a contributing author to American Defense (Johns Hopkins Press.)

Sources

* "Stars & Stripes", Feb 23, 1991, p.6.
* "San Jose Mercury News", Feb 22, ___, p.13A.
* Norman Friedman, "Desert Victory", Naval Institute Press, p.357.
* Citation to accompany Distinguished Flying Cross, General Charles Horner, June 24, 1991.
* David L. Vesely (USAF Vice Chief of Staff), official remarks at the retirement of the EF-111 fleet, May 2, 1998.


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