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Joseph Wallace Hanes

"Joe"

d 2022

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Biography as of May 25, 2026

Retired Lt Col Air Force 90: CP (Command Pilot): 

00: Owner Total Health Concepts Gastonia NC (North Carolina);

88-00: Pit (Pilot) USAirways CharlotteNC'GastoniaNC 90: Ret Ltco/ USAFR;

84-88: Pit (Pilot) PiedmontAirlineslnc CharlotteNC/USAFR Ltcol;

83-84: ART/USAFR 901TacAirliftGp PetersonAFB;

77-80: Pit (Pilot) TransWortdAirlines KSCitylnt/Apt;

76: AvnSafetylnsp FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) ValleyStreamNY;

71-76: PltAirResTech 911TacAirliftGp GreaterPittsburghApt;

70: Pit (Pilot) TWA KansasCityMO;

67-70: Pit (Pilot) 50MASq (Military Airlift Squadron);

64-67: PltC-124 85ATSq TravisAFB;

63-64: PltTng (Pilot Training) VanceAFB; 

1AM (Air Medal)

35th Reunion (1998): Military Jul 63 to Aug 64: UPT Vance AFB, OK Aug 64 to Jul 67: 85th MAS flying C-124, Travis AFB, CA Jul 67 to Jan 70: 50th MAS flying C-124, Hickam AFB, HI Jan 70 to Jul 90: Air Force Reserve (C-124, C-123, C-130) Richards Gebaur AFB, MO; Greater Pittsburgh International; Airport, PA; Colorado Springs, CO Jul 90: retired Air Force Reserve Civilian Employment Jan 70 to Apr 70: Pilot Trans World Airlines. Furloughed Apr 70. Nov 71 to Feb 76: Civil Service Air Reserve Technician (ART) with the Air Force Reserve at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, PA Feb 76 to Jul 77: Federal Aviation Administration—Air Carrier Operations Inspector at the International Field Office in New York Jul 77 to Feb 80: recalled to TWA, furloughed Feb 80 Apr 80 to Nov 81: President of Johnson County Executive Aviation, Kansas Nov 81 to Feb 84: Civil Service Air Reserve Technician, Air Force Reserve, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO Feb 84 to Present: Pilot Piedmont Airways. 1989 bought by USAir Inc. and name changed to US Airways in March 1997 Family Feb 90: married Donna A. Fredericks Family Business 1992 founded family business, TOTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS, providing nutritional counseling and lifestyle modification as well as health and environmentally safe products and equipment.
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