Alexander Butterfield
Alexander Porter Butterfield is a retired U.S. military officer, public servant, and businessman. He served as the deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon . He revealed the existence of White House tapes during the Watergate scandal investigation but had no involvement in the scandal. In 1973, he became Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.
Butterfield was born in Pensacola, Florida, where his father, Horace B. Butterfield, was a pilot for the United States Navy. He grew up in Coronado, California. Butterfield became fascinated by flying and joined the United States Air Force in 1949. In the Vietnam War, he commanded a squadron of lowlevel reconnaissance aircraft and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for a mission over South Vietnam in 1964. In 1968, he was project officer for the General Dynamics F111 and a senior Defense Department representative in Australia with the rank of Colonel.
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