Early Life, Education and Career
Pitts was born in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Asbury University. Pitts served five and a half years in the United States Air Force, with three tours in Vietnam. Initially commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, he was promoted to Captain by the time he left the service. He graduated second in his class from Navigator School, after which he was trained as an Electronic Warfare officer. As an EW officer, he served on B-52 Stratofortresss out of Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, with payloads of nuclear bombs. In all, he completed 116 combat missions in the Vietnam War and earned an Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters.
Pitts was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1972, representing part of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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