Guy Mannering Townsend III (October 25, 1920 – March 28, 2011) was a retired United States Air Force brigadier general, test pilot, and combat veteran. As an Air Force officer, he served as chief of bomber test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, flew as co-pilot on the first flight of the B-52 Stratofortress, was test force director for the XB-70 Valkyrie, and served as program director for the C-5 Galaxy and B-1 Lancer. He was the first military pilot to fly the B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress, B-52 Stratofortress, and the prototype of the KC-135 Stratotanker. During his years at Boeing, he was the head of the Supersonic Transport operations organization.
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| - Guy Mannering Townsend III (October 25, 1920 – March 28, 2011) was a retired United States Air Force brigadier general, test pilot, and combat veteran. As an Air Force officer, he served as chief of bomber test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, flew as co-pilot on the first flight of the B-52 Stratofortress, was test force director for the XB-70 Valkyrie, and served as program director for the C-5 Galaxy and B-1 Lancer. He was the first military pilot to fly the B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress, B-52 Stratofortress, and the prototype of the KC-135 Stratotanker. During his years at Boeing, he was the head of the Supersonic Transport operations organization.
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| - Chief of Bomber Test, WPAFB
- Chief of Requirements Division, SAC
- Deputy Commander, Op. Power Flite
- Director Materiel, 93rd Bomb Wing
- Director of Flight Test, AFFTC
- Director, B-1 SPO
- Director, C-5 SPO
- Test Force Director, XB-70
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| - Colonel Guy Townsend at Edwards Air Force Base in 1964
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| - Legion of Merit
- Air Medal
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Presidential Unit Citation
- Aerospace Walk of Honor
- Distinguished Unit Citation Emblem
- James H. Doolittle Award
- Pathfinder Award
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| - Bob Robbins, B-47 test pilot
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| - Guy did a fantastic job of demonstrating the aircraft to K.B. It was Guy Townsend that really sold the airplane.
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| - Guy Mannering Townsend III (October 25, 1920 – March 28, 2011) was a retired United States Air Force brigadier general, test pilot, and combat veteran. As an Air Force officer, he served as chief of bomber test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, flew as co-pilot on the first flight of the B-52 Stratofortress, was test force director for the XB-70 Valkyrie, and served as program director for the C-5 Galaxy and B-1 Lancer. He was the first military pilot to fly the B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress, B-52 Stratofortress, and the prototype of the KC-135 Stratotanker. During his years at Boeing, he was the head of the Supersonic Transport operations organization.
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