This week, we begin the story of Army Aviator Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mike Novosel, a guy who was too short to fly according to the military standards of the day, was forced out of the service against his will, and who eventually took a demotion, all because he wanted to pass his 20+ years of aviation experience on to the next generation of Army pilots. Instead, and much to his surprise, he was sent to Vietnam to serve in his third war.
Since he was in the Army Air Corps when the Air Force was created in 1947, he was automatically transferred to the new service, and served in it more than a decade, but try as I might, I couldn't find any photos of his online in an Air Force uniform. Most that are readily available are from his time in Vietnam. The above photo is the only one I could find of his WWII service in the Army Air Corps.
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