Background
Porter, Fred Howard was born on January 14, 1939 in New Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Fred Howard and Marjorie Matthew Porter.
Porter, Fred Howard was born on January 14, 1939 in New Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Fred Howard and Marjorie Matthew Porter.
Master of Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, 1973.
Flight instructor United States Air Force, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, 1961—1964, maintenance flight test pilot, 1964—1966. Plasma researcher Aeronautics Laboratory, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, since 2005. Lecturer Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University Colorado Colorado Springs, since 2007.
Air operations officer, air crew member 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Danang Air Force Base, Vietnam, 1966—1967. Experimental test pilot Flight Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1968—1971. Chief performance flight test United States Air Force Test Pilot School, 1973—1976.
Associate professor aeronautics Department Aeronautics, United States Air Force Academy, 1976—1980. Vp engineering & design Porter Data Systems, Inc, Colorado Springs, since 1976. Adjunct associate professor Department Computer Science, Colorado Technology University, since 1999.
Instructor aeronautics Department Aeronautics, United States Air Force Academy, since 2004. V. p., design engineer, & consultant Porter Data Sys Inc., Colorado Springs, Connecticut, since 1976.
Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married Mary Louise Lowe. 1 child Pamela Louise Butler.