John A  Warden III
Channel: Air University
Date: 2020-05-11

John A. Warden III is a combat pilot with a distinguished military career. Born in 1943 in McKinney, Texas, Warden received his Bachelor of Science degree and commission from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965. During his first operational assignment, Warden served as a combat OV-10 Forward Air Control pilot in the Vietnam War where he flew 266 combat missions, and as an F-4 pilot at Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina, where he deployed to South Korea in support of operations following the USS Pueblo incident.