James E. Brown III

Quick Facts

Full Name	James E. Brown III
Occupation	Military Officer
Date Of Birth	Aug 15, 1954(1954-08-15)
Age	70
Birthplace	Bluefield
Country	United States
Birth City	Bluefield
Horoscope	Leo

James E. Brown III Biography

James E. Brown III is one of the most popular and richest Military Officer who was born on August 15, 1954 in Bluefield, Bluefield, United States. James Brown III was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on August 15, 1954, and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. His interest in flying developed with help from his father, who was an amateur pilot. The young man dreamed of one day becoming an astronaut. He attended the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia and graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Brown’s first solo flight occurred in February 1976.

Brown interviewed with Lockheed for a test pilot position but, because of reduced military spending after the end of the Cold War, no openings were available. He joined United Airlines in 1992 and flew the Boeing 737 over North and Central America. Pursuing his boyhood dream, Brown applied to the NASA astronaut-training program but was rejected because of an abnormal electrocardiogram.

In 2002, after eight years with F-117 program, Brown transferred to the F-22 Raptor. In this new role, he evaluated updated versions of the avionics software and improved the pilot-vehicle interface. On November 22, 2002, Brown flew the mission that completed all Pentagon-mandated flight test goals needed to start the next phase of the program. On this mission, Brown fired an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile at a supersonic QF-4 unmanned drone flying several miles directly ahead of the F-22. The unarmed missile passed close enough to the target to be assessed a lethal hit, satisfying the criteria needed to start the Dedicated Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (DIOTE) phase the following year.

In 2003, Brown was elected President on the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. He served as President-Elect in 2003, and President for the one-year term in 2004.

In 1985, he was selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) at Edwards Air Force Base in California and graduated with Class 86A. His fellow students presented Brown with the Onizuka Prop Wash Award as the student who contributed most to class spirit and morale. The Prop Wash Award is dedicated to the memory of TPS graduate Colonel Ellison Onizuka who died as a member of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. Following graduation, Brown tested the A-7 Corsair II, all models of the F-15 Eagle, and performed flight trials on a number of classified prototype aircraft. In 1992, after sixteen years of service, Brown separated from the Air Force.

James E. Brown III Net Worth

James E. Brown III is one of the richest Military Officer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James E. Brown III 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

James E. Brown III (born August 15, 1954) is an aerospace executive, test pilot instructor, and former United States Air Force officer. As of 2019, he is the vice president, chief operating officer, and test pilot instructor at the National Test Pilot School located in Mojave, California.

After graduating from VMI, Brown was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He entered the Undergraduate Pilot Training program in 1977 and earned his pilot wings the following year. Brown’s first operational tour began in 1979 with the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 52d Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base in West Germany where he flew the F-4 Phantom II. On his next tour, Brown flew the F-5E Tiger II with the 527th Aggressor Squadron at Royal Air Force station Alconbury in England.

In 1994, he was hired by the Lockheed Skunk Works as a test pilot for the F-117 Nighthawk, where he helped develop and test improvements to the weapons system that proved valuable in Operation Allied Force and Operation Iraqi Freedom. One such improvement was the Integrated Real-time Information into the Cockpit/Real-time Information Out of the Cockpit for Combat Aircraft (IRRCA) project. In 1998 as IRRCA lead test pilot, Brown flew a simulated combat mission to demonstrate the ability to receive real-time mission updates from a satellite and automatically alter the F-117’s planned route. The flight also demonstrated reception of text and imagery of the alternate target. Brown encouraged young engineers by presenting lectures such as Braking the F-117 Stealth Fighter given to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics student chapter at the University of California, San Diego. He continued his education and earned a Master of Science degree in Management from Troy State University in Alabama and completed graduate study in mechanical engineering at California State University, Fresno.

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