 Harold
Snow was born September 23, 1923 in AuSable Forks, New
York. He graduated from High School in 1941 and is a United
States Air Force Retiree with 30 Years of service.
Snow attended Preflight, Primary, Basic and Advanced
Flying Training with Class 43-I in 1943 and received
his commission as a Second Lieutenant and was given
his Pilot’s Wings on October 1, 1943.
He also completed the following educational courses:
College Level General Educational Development Test
(1951); the Radar Fighter Interceptor Controller Course
(1951); USAF Fighter Weapons School (1955); USAF All-Weather-Fighter
Interceptor School (1955); USAF Air Command and Staff
College (1959-1960); US Army Parachutist School (1964);
USAF Land, Sea, and Jungle Survival Schools; USAF Fighter
Aircraft Schools (F-51, F-105, and F-4E); FAA Commercial
Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor for Instruments
and Single/Multi-Engine Aircraft (LAND)
Snow’s military command experience includes:
Commander of Ground Radar Facility (1954); Commander
of Combat Crew All-Weather Jet Training Squadron (T-33
and F-86 D/L Aircraft-1955-1959); Commander of Tactical
Fighter Squadron (F-100 Aircraft – 1963-1965);
Air Liaison Officer with US Army in Vietnam (1965-1966);
Deputy of Operations of Tactical Fighter Wings (F-105
Aircraft –1969-1970 and F-4E Aircraft 1970-1972)
His military staff positions include: Chief of Combat
Operations for the Air Defense of the Hawaiian Islands
(1960-1963); Combat Operations Staff Officer in Pentagon,
Washington, D.C., responsible for development and management
of Command and Control functions for a Presidential/
Secretary of Defense Top Secret project involving infiltration
routes in Southeast Asia; Responsible for providing
weekly oral progress reports to the Secretary of the
Air Force and Chief of Staff (USAF) and, on one occasion,
Snow briefed the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1966-1968).
His combat experience includes 100 Tactical Fighter
Missions- China, Burma and India (1944-1945); 101 Tactical
Fighter Missions – Korea (1952)’ 335 Air
Liaison/Forward Air Controller Missions- Vietnam (1965-1966);
130 Tactical Fighter Missions-Thailand (1969-1970);
One combat Parachute jump- Vietnam – (1966) in
the 1,000 Man Assault with Army of Vietnam (ARVN) Forces
50 miles north of Saigon in War Zone C.
 Snow’s honors and decorations include the Legion
of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross (awarded six
times), the Bronze Star, the Air Medal (awarded 24
times), the Air Commendation Medal, the Vietnam Cross
of Gallantry with Silver Star, the Vietnam Medal of
honor, the Vietnam Staff Service Medal, the Presidential
Unit Citation 2, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
-Combat Readiness Medal
His flying experience includes 14,000 hours total
time with 2,200 hours as an instructor pilot, 125 hours
instruments (845 actual weather), 1,400 hours at night,
1,602 hours in combat
Snow has been a certified Flight Instructor for Single
and Multi-Engine Land Aircraft to include Instruments
(1972-1999) and an Air Show Stunt Pilot (J-3 Cub & Pitts
Special) Low Level Aerobatics, including car top Landings
and a fly through House Act (1974-1984).
He has been FAA Certified for FAR-135 Operations (Air
Taxi) (1972-1999) and served as President and Chief
Pilot of North Country Aviation, Inc.
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