Renowned test pilot Brig. Gen. Bob Cardenas passes away at 102

Famed test pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Robert "Bob" Cardenas has died in San Diego. He was 102.

From June 1947 to July 1949, Cardenas was an experimental test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and was awarded the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters for experimental flight tests at Edwards AFB.

During World War II, Brig. Gen. Robert "Bob" Cardenas served as a B-24 aircraft pilot in the European Theater of Operations with the 506th Bombardment Squadron. He was awarded the Air Medal and two oak leaf clusters for bombing missions before being shot down over Germany in March 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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