Kenneth D. Cameron Biography

Kenneth Donald Cameron (Col USMC Ret.) is a retired American naval aviator test pilot engineer U.S. Marine Corps officer and NASA astronaut.
Cameron was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1970 at Officer Candidate School at Marine Corps Base Quantico Virginia. After graduating from The Basic School and Vietnamese language school he was assigned to the Republic of Vietnam for a one-year tour of duty as an infantry platoon commander with the 1st Battalion 5th Marines and later with the Marine Security Guards at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. Upon his return to the United States he served as executive officer with India Company 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune North Carolina. He reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida in 1972 for flight training receiving his Naval Aviator wings in 1973. He was then assigned to VMA-223 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Arizona flying A-4M Skyhawks.
In 1976 Cameron was reassigned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he participated in the Marine College Degree and Advanced Degree Programs. Upon graduation he was assigned to flying duty for one year with Marine Aircraft Group 12 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japan. He was subsequently assigned to the Pacific Missile Test Center in 1980 and in 1982 to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Maryland. Following graduation in 1983 he was assigned as project officer and test pilot in the F/A-18 Hornet A-4 and OV-10 Bronco airplanes with the Systems Engineering Test Directorate at the Naval Air Test Center.

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