Military Career
As a member of the US Air Force, Covey was an operational fighter pilot 1970-1974, flying the F-100 Super Sabre, A-37 Dragonfly, and A-7 Corsair II. He flew 339 combat missions during two tours in Southeast Asia. At Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, between 1975 and 1978, he was an F-4 Phantom II and A-7D weapons system test pilot and joint test force director for electronic warfare testing of the F-15 Eagle. He has flown over 5,700 hours in more than 30 different types of aircraft.
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