Dr. Joel Smith
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140 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
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born on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee, right outside the base small neighborhood called Birchwood Estates, predominantly African-American military families, very athletic, very much into everything.
Father was a soldier, mother was educator, first African-American teacher on Fort Campbell.
So if you know anything about growing up in a house full of educators,
I do.
My pops was one of them.
Non-negotiable at its best.
So any homework that wasn't legible and that she couldn't read, she would just tear it up.
You couldn't copy it and redo it.
You had to start over from scratch.
So you learned to get it right the first thing.
Grew up, like I said, in Birchwood, which was just outside of Fort Campbell.
So on one side of me was Fort Campbell, which had the military helicopters.
On the other side of me was Outlaw Field, which was the small civilian airport.
So I grew up knowing from second grade, just laying out in the yard that I always wanted to be.
Took my first flight at the controls at the age of 16.
My degree was in aerospace.
My bachelor degree was in aerospace.
Joined the military, became a pilot for the military, flying attack helicopters, little birds, all those kind of fun things.
Also flew military intelligence airframes, did 32 years in the military.
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