About the Author

Steven A. Ruffin is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and licensed private pilot with a lifelong interest in all aspects of the history of flight. He has lectured and written on a variety of aviation topics, and his articles have appeared in Aviation History, Over the Front, Air Power History, and Aviation 100. He also contributed several entries to Walter Boyne's comprehensive aviation reference work, Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. He lives in Bellbrook, Ohio.