BERNARD
KING
Associate professor of aeronautics
Aviation
expert Barney King, associate professor of aeronautics at Kansas
State University at Salina, has been in the business for more
than three decades. His passion for flying is rooted in his military
background.
King graduated as a second lieutenant in the infantry from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1969. While flying in a transport helicopter during a tour in Vietnam from 1970-71, King became interested in aviation. Six years later, King was flying military helicopters -- first the Huey, then the BlackHawk UH 60.
For 20 more years, King served as an Army aviator. After retiring in 1992, King worked as a flight instructor and government contractor before joining the K-State at Salina faculty in 1998.
In 2001, he was designated a Master Certified Flight Instructor by the National Association of Flight Instructors, becoming the first from K-State at Salina and the sixth Kansan to earn the honor.
King received his master's degree in secondary education, from Georgia State University in 1975 and a master's degree in computer resource and information management from Webster University, Kansas City, Mo. in 1996 He attended the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1983 and the U.S. Air Force, Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in 2000.
Among King's many awards are a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Valor, two Purple Hearts and two Army Commendation Medals. He was named Academic Adviser of the Year for 1999-2000 and 2002-2003.
King currently is a volunteer with the Civil Air Patrol as a Commander of the Kansas Wing and also is a checkpilot.
King can be reached at 785-826-2683 or by e-mail at kingb@sal.k-state.edu.