Cold War Atlantic and Pacific Airborne Radar and ASW Patrols

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Join us for a discussion of Cold War US Naval anti-submarine warfare (ASW) from a pilot who was there flying missions over the north Atlantic and Pacific theaters!

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About the speaker

Commander Don Stanton, USN (Ret.), was commissioned through Cornell University Navy ROTC in 1972, served off Vietnam aboard USS R.B. Anderson (DD-786) and USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). He flew as a long-range P–3C anti-submarine Patrol Plane/Mission Commander/Instructor Pilot deployed to the Atlantic and Mediterranean in VP-45 and VP-49.

After his military service, Don flew aircraft including the B-747, 757 and 767, served as Aviation Advisor to the Secretary of Transportation and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Transportation.

Don holds Vietnam Service and Combat Action ribbons, a MA from Georgetown University, and is currently a volunteer commissioner on the Maryland Aviation Commission.

Don is also the author of Looking Back at the Cold War: 30 Veterans and a Patrol Plane Commander Remember, published in 2018.