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Birthday
*** ,1928
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Death day
December 9, 2022 (94 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Leo
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Celebrities born on July 27
Born in 1928
Born in Tampa, Florida
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Joseph Kittinger
Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II is a retired US Air Force officer and commander pilot. His initial operational mission was in combat aircraft, then he participated in the Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior high altitude balloon flight projects from 1956 to 1960, setting a world record for the highest parachute jump from a height. over 19 miles. He was also the first person to cross the Atlantic alone in a hot air balloon, and the first to fully witness the curvature of the earth. Kittinger was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, shot dead a North Vietnamese MiG-21 jet fighter and then shot down himself, spending 11 months as a prisoner of war. in the North Vietnamese prison.
Nickname(s)Red
BornJuly 27, 1928, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchUnited States Air Force
Years of service1950–1978
RankColonel
Battles/warsVietnam War

About Joseph Kittinger

Pilot Joseph Kittinger was born in Tampa, Florida, United States on July 27, 1928. He dies at the age of 94, on December 9, 2022.

U.S. Air Force pilot who established skydiving and ballooning records during Project Excelsior and Project Manhigh.

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Joseph Kittinger before becoming famous

Joseph Kittinger was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1928 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War and spent nearly a year as a POW after his plane was shot down by the North Vietnamese.

Achievement of Joseph Kittinger

In December 1960, he and astronomer William C. White collaborated on Project Stargazer.

Joseph Kittinger's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in the city of Tampa in the state of Florida.

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He was a director of daredevil Daredevil Felix Baumgartner's unprecedented free fall in the 2012 Red Bull Stratos project.

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Joseph Kittinger Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Joseph Kittinger updated on March 17 2023.