Flying Career
Butterfield was born in Pensacola, Florida where his father, Horace B. Butterfield, was a pilot for the United States Navy. He grew up in Coronado, California. Butterfield became fascinated by flying, and joined the United States Army Air Force in 1949. In the Vietnam War, he commanded a squadron of low-level reconnaissance aircraft and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1968 he was project officer for the General Dynamics F-111 and a senior Defense Department representative in Australia with the rank of Colonel.
During his military career, he also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in 1956, and a Master of Science degree from George Washington University.
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