Shane Osborn (born June 21, 1974 in Loomis, South Dakota) is an American politician and was the State Treasurer in Nebraska until he was succeeded by Don Stenberg on January 6, 2011. As a Navy pilot, he collided with a communist Chinese military airplane.
Osborn graduated from Norfolk High School in 1992 and then attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a Naval ROTC scholarship. After graduating in 1996 with a degree in statistics and actuarial science, Osborn entered flight school for the United States Navy and was eventually assigned to the "World Watchers" Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One.
In 2005, Osborn left the Navy as a lieutenant after nine years of active duty.
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