NWA Capt. Phillip R. Brown

 

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

USAF veteran, NWA Capt. Phillip R. Brown

September 19, 1940 ~ December 27, 2024

 

Sharing news as was received from the RNPA/Retired Northwest Pilots group…..Captain Phillip Ralph Brown joined Northwest Airlines 11-06-1967 and retired in 2000.  We understand that no services were his wishes.  Please see shared obituary below.

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Obituary :

   Captain Phillip R. Brown, age 84, died of natural causes on 27 December 2024. Phil grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio and attended college at Miami University at Oxford, Ohio During his undergrad years at Miami University Phil completed the Air Force ROTC program. Upon college graduation Phil was designated a distinguished AFROTC graduate and was commissioned a regular officer in the U.S. Air Force. 

   After college graduation Phil entered USAF pilot training. Upon graduating first in his class at William AFB, Phil was assigned to Air Training Command as a pilot instructor at Webb AFB, Big Spring, TX.

   In the fall of 1967 Phil separated from the active Air Force in pursuit of employment with Northwest Airlines. Shortly thereafter he obtained a pilot slot with the Iowa Air Guard 185th Tactical Fighter Group (F-100) at Sioux City. In the late sixties there was a sizable contingent of NWA pilots serving with this unit. Phil retired as a Lt Col after 20+ years in the Air Guard with many hours in the F-100 and A7D.

   Phil served as a Northwest Airlines instructor pilot for much of his thirty-three years career. When he retired in September 2000, he was serving as an instructor on the 747-400.

   At the time of his death, Phillip Brown was residing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. No memorial service is planned.

   We have lost another fine, gentleman aviator

   (~John Ahnert & Bill Day)