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Podcast: Veterans Chronicles
Episode: Major Dewayne Rudd, USAF, U-2 Reconnaissance Pilot, B-2 Test Pilot
Description: Dewayne Rudd joined the U.S. Air Force with a dream of one day becoming an astronaut and flying to space. Instead he became a versatile pilot the military and NASA would turn to on some of their most important projects, including a U-2 reconnaissance pilot, a test pilot during the development of the B-2 Stealth Bomber, and the chief test pilot for the space shuttle crew escape system following the Challenger disaster.In this edition of "Veterans Chronicles," Major Rudd walks us through his days as a refueling tanker co-pilot and a couple of moments he and...