Early Life, Education and Career
Goddard graduated from the University of Utah in 1966 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and received a Masters of Science in Business Administration from Central Michigan University in 1975. He entered the Air Force in 1966. He became a command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours, including 226 combat missions in Southeast Asia, 180 of which were flown in the F-100 Super Sabre, and was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross and twelve Air Medals.
Goddard commanded two aircraft maintenance squadrons and two FB-111 fighter/bomber squadrons, the 380th Bomb Wing at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, New York and the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis, New Mexico. As a member of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, he served as deputy director of the National Strategic Target List and as deputy director for force employment plans. He also served as director of logistics at U.S. Air Forces in Europe and as director of logistics at Air Combat Command. He retired from the Air Force on March 1, 2000.
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