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COL POBURKA, HANK

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Name:

POBURKA, HANK

Rank:

COL

Ret:

Career Skill:

Pilot

Years With F-106:

1974

1983

Units Assigned:

2nd,5th

Units Assigned ADC:

ADWC

Comments/Notes:

Assigned to 5FIS, then 2FWS, then ADWC as exec officer. Then off to Kadena Flying the F-15, then to Pentagon in AF Joint Chiefs Of Staff and National Security Council Matters. Then to Soesterberg in the F-15 as 32 Fighter Group Director Of Operations. Then War College and off to AF Space Command at the Space Warfare Center, Colorado Springs. Next to Woomera Air Station Australia as joint commander. Then to 14AF Space Command Director of Operations overseeing 24 weapon systems worldwide including satellite operations and all launch at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg. Then moved to Vice Commander where I retired in 1999. Went into real estate in Colorado Springs where I became Chairman of the Board Of Realtors, worked on the local, state and national association of realtors board of realtors. Still active broker. Enjoy flyfishing, hunting, snowboarding, scuba diving. Married to Ruth Ann for 35 years, 4 boys, 2 grandsons. Enjoying life.

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Record ID No.:

3844

Updated:

7/20/2018

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COL POBURKA, HANK