RAAF Airman Aircrew Association

RAAF Airman Aircrew ~ Simply The Best ....
Boeing Globemaster C17-A ~ 36 Squadron ....
Alenia Spartan C-27J ~ 35 Squadron ....
Airbus A330 ~ 33 Squadron ....
Boeing 707-338C ~ 33 Squadron ....
Boeing E-7A Hawkeye ~ 2 Squadron ....
Lockheed Hercules C-130J ~ 37 Squadron ....
Lockheed Hercules C-130H ~ 36 Squadron ....
Lockheed Hercules C-130E ~ 37 Squadron ....
Lockheed Hercules C-130A ~ 36 Squadron ....
Pacific Aerospace CT4 ~ 1 Flying Training School ....
Bombardia Challenger CL604 ~ 34 Squadron ....
Beechcraft King Air 350 ~ 32 Squadron ....
BAC1-11 ~ 34 Squadron ....
Boeing 737 ~ 34 Squadron ....
Bell Iroquois UH-1H ~ 9 Squadron ....
De Havilland Caribou DHC-4 ~ 38 Squadron ....
Boeing Chinook CH-47 ~ 12 Squadron ....
Lockheed Orion P3 ~ 11 Squadron ....
Sikorski Blackhawk UH-60 ~ 9 Squadron ....
Douglas DC3 ~ Aircraft Research and Development Unit ....
Pilatus PC9 ~ 2 Flying Training School ....
Aermacchi MB-326H ~ Roulettes ....

Nickname:	'Dick'.
Address:	24 Country Club Road.
City:	SHALIMAR Florida USA 32579.
Phone:	0011 1 850-651-8380.
Mobile:
Email:	dickbrauer@cox.net
Service Number:	020-32-3800.
Aircrew Position:	Master Navigator.(5200 hours).
Aircraft Flown:	Lockheed Hercules C-130 E/A/H/MC-130E. Talon.
Squadrons/Units:	36 Squadron USAF Exchange Officer ~ SEP71-DEC73. 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron (TAS), PACAF, CCK AB, Taiwan, SEP66-MAR68. 39th TAS (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH, APR68-AUG71. HQ 9th Air Force (TAC), Exercise Plans, Shaw AFB, SC, JAN74-AUG74. Det 1, MOBSS (MAC), Airlift Exercise Plans, SEP74-DEC76. 8th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Chief of Plans, Hurlburt Field, FL, JUN77-DEC78. 1st Special Operations Wing, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, JAN79--SEP80. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Ft Bragg, NC, J-3Air, OCT80-JUL83. Joint Special Operations Agency (JSOA), PSYOP Branch, Pentagon, Washington, DC JUL84-MAY85. Joint Staff, PSYOP Division, Pentagon, Washington, DC, JUN85-FEB86. Commandant, USAF Special Operations School (USAFSOS), Hurlburt Field, FL, MAR86-APR91.
Decorations / Awards:
Courses:	C-130 E/A/H/MC-130E. Combat Talon. USAF Undergraduate Navigator Training Course (1966). USAF Squadron Officer School (1970). Armed Forces Staff College (1977). Air Command and Staff College (1978). Army War College - graduated with honours (1984). All USAF Special Operations School (USAFSOS) course offered between 1977-1991.
Interests:	Shark Diving and underwater photography. Military History (Aviation and Naval, especially WWII- Pacific Theatre). Reading/Writing (short stories); and model aircraft.
Other:	In Oct-Nov 2007, I was on an eight-day Great White Shark diving expedition (my fourth) off Isla Guadalupe, Mexico with Ron and Valerie Taylor, world-renowned Australian under water stars and shark diving experts. Sitting at their dinner table for meals, I got to know them very well. One night I hung a large Australian flag (I had brought for the occasion) over the nearby bar, gave an after-dinner speech highlighting my exchange tour with 36 Squadron and proposed a toast to our greatest ally; Australia. I then made Ron and Val 'Honorary US Special Operators' and presented both of them with black T-shirts that displayed all the unit emblems of the joint service (Army, Navy, USAF and USMC) special operations units in the US military. Valerie was in tears by the time I finished and can be seen wearing her shirt in a photo above as we shared an 'adult beverage' after dinner. This was an experience of a lifetime for me as a shark diver to be with the couple who started it all with the movie 'Blue Water-White Death'. I took my wife Lynn to see that very movie on the afternoon we were married in July 1971 before we reported to RAAF Richmond a few weeks later. She has never 'forgiven' me for it!
Profile Date:	31 August 2009.
Profile Updated:	05 February 2019.

Richard F BREUER Jr, 020-32-3800, Navigator (USAF Colonel Ret) ....