This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Daniel L Arnes, CMDCM
to remember
Klosterman, Robert Charles, CAPT.
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The events of Robert's and his wife Rebecca's deaths were a tragedy of unmentionable description.
His request was for a few close friends to sail out to the Chesapeake Bay, crack open some beers and scatter his ashes in the sea.
Other Comments:
He spent a year in HA(L)-3 and flew more than 440 combat missions, according to Navy records.
He transitioned to A-7s, the attack jet, and later commanded a squadron.
In 1986, he was one of a handful of Navy fighter pilots to fly combat missions over Libya and strike key military sites belonging to leader Muammar al-Qadafi, said his lawyer, Reeves Mahoney.
Klosterman rose to captain. In 1993, the Navy chose him as the commanding officer of the pre-commissioned John C. Stennis.
