Col Ronald F. Prater, USAF (Ret) | National Air and Space Museum

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Col Ronald F. Prater, USAF (Ret)

Foil: 13 Panel: 2 Column: 3 Line: 98

Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Ms. Beth Oligmueller

ROTC/ Undergraduate degree, Grinnell. Masters Degree UCLA.
Worked on Project Orion. Doctorate in 1970 from AFIT in Aerospace Physics.
Worked on Air Force Lazer Lab, Air Force Weapons Lab, DARPA in Washington, D.C.
Star Wars, Lazer Defense System.
Was in the Air Force for 27 years. Currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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