Golden Gate Wing Guest Speaker Archive

Presentation Date: October 23, 2008

1LT Stu Eberhardt USAF

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* Stu was a guest speaker on November 18th, 1999 speaking about his Reno Air Racing experiences. This time, Stu will speak about his experience flying a North American F-86 Sabre Jet.

* First Lieutenant Stu Eberhardt was on alert in Europe with the Air Defense Command from 1957 to 1961 flying F-86s. His first assignment was to shoot down Russian Bears, but only if they got out of line of course! Later, he was on alert as a Nuclear Bomb Commander with a very specific target behind the Iron Curtain. Stu had a Top Secret clearance and was trained and ready to strike on a moments notice.

* He will share with us many stories from this crucial time period when the Soviet Union and the United States we only minutes away from total destruction! Stu has some fascinating stories to share!

* Stu was a guest speaker on November 18th, 1999 speaking about his Reno Air Racing experiences. This time, Stu will speak about his experience flying a North American F-86 Sabre Jet.

* First Lieutenant Stu Eberhardt was on alert in Europe with the Air Defense Command from 1957 to 1961 flying F-86s. His first assignment was to shoot down Russian Bears, but only if they got out of line of course! Later, he was on alert as a Nuclear Bomb Commander with a very specific target behind the Iron Curtain. Stu had a Top Secret clearance and was trained and ready to strike on a moments notice.

* He will share with us many stories from this crucial time period when the Soviet Union and the United States we only minutes away from total destruction! Stu has some fascinating stories to share!

Stu also spoke in February 2009 so we appended this talk into one article. Please see the February 2009 article.