Biographies of the fictional protagonists of the Able Archers Series
Current as of November 1983
Kevin Cattani, United States Air Force Intelligence
Born: Southern Virginia, USA, in 1956
Education: BA, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1977
US Air Force Training:
- Air Force Officers Training School, 1977, San Antonio, Texas
- Armed Forces Air Intelligence School, 1977-78, Denver, Colorado
- Case Officers Basic Course and Paramilitary Course, CIA, 1978, Williamsburg, Virginia
Air Force Intelligence officer with a special operations specialty code
- Special Activities unit, Tokyo, Japan, 1979-1981
- Chief of Intelligence Analysis, United States Forces, Japan, Yokota Air Base, 1981-1983
- Current rank and assignment: Current Intelligence Briefer, United States Air Forces, Europe, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
Languages (in descending order of proficiency): English, Russian, Japanese
Ethnicity: mixed Italian/Luxembourgish/Irish
Marital status: unmarried
Sports background: college track and cross-country
Ivan Levchenko, Soviet Air Defense Forces/Military Intelligence
Born: Crimea, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, in 1939
Education:
- English immersion school – grades 1-12, Sevastopol, Crimea, USSR
- BS, Kiev Higher Engineering Radio-Technical College of the Soviet Air Force, Kiev, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, 1961
- Military-Diplomatic Academy – a three-year post-graduate school in intelligence and foreign affairs, Moscow, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, 1964.
Air Defense Force of the USSR – Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU)
- Beginning in 1964, assignments as a junior and mid-level intelligence officer to units in the Western Military District of the USSR, the Group of Soviet Forces, Poland and the Group of Soviet Forces, Germany (East Germany)
- Assigned as senior Air Force officer to the Soviet Military Liaison Mission in Frankfurt, West Germany, from 1980-1983
- Current rank and assignment: Colonel; Deputy director for Intelligence at the Red Banner Moscow Air Defense District, Moscow, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Languages (in descending order of proficiency): Russian, English, German, Polish
Ethnicity: Russian
Marital status: married to Boyka Levchenka, a Ukrainian-born musician educated at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Kiev, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Sports background: college track and cross-country