Biography michael collins
Biography michael collins
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Military Career
Born in Italy, on October 31, 1930, where his father, United States Army Major General James Lawton Collins, was stationed. After the United States entered World War II, the family moved to Washington, D.C.
where Collins attended St. Albans School. During this time, he applied and was accepted to West Point Military Academy in New York, and decided to follow his father, two uncles, brother and cousin into the armed services.
In 1952, Collins graduated from West Point with a B.S.
He joined the Air Force that same year, and completed flight training in Columbus, Mississippi.
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His performance earned him a position on the advanced day fighter training team at Nellis Air Force Base, flying F-86 Sabres. This was followed by an assignment to the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at the George Air Force Base, where he learned how to deliver nuclear weapons.
He also served as an experimental flight test officer at Edwards Air Force Base in California, testing jet fighters.
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