About the Artist

Joe Kline was born in  Washington, D.C. in 1949, and has lived in California since 1961.  His  artistic specialty for the past 40 years has been painting military  aircraft in a technically and historically correct context.  His  paintings exhibit a highly realistic style and have been done for such  notable aviators as General Jimmy Doolittle, Presidents George H.W. and  George W. Bush, and are included in the private collections of thousands  of former military aviators, air crewmen and veterans from WWII to the  present War on Terror.

His works have also  illustrated many books, magazines and other publications, and are in the  collections of the U.S. Air Force Museum, U.S. Army Aviation Museum,  the Legion of Valor Museum, and many other galleries and museums  featuring military aircraft.

He traces his interest in  aviation to his father, who was a B-25 bombardier with the 340th Bomb  Group in the Mediterranean Theater during WWII, and his own experiences  as a Huey helicopter crew chief with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne  Division during the Vietnam War.

Following his military  service, he worked as a mechanical engineer for McCormick & Co. for  27 years, and was  the Public Information Officer for the City of  Gilroy, California for 18 years, retiring in January 2018.  He has a  B.S. Degree in Industrial Design.

He is an Artist Member of the  American Society of Aviation Artists, the Vietnam Helicopter Crew  Members Association, the 101st Airborne Division Association, Heli-Vets,  The Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network, and is the founder of the  Kingsmen Reunion Association.  He is also an Associate member of the  57th Bomb Wing Association, and is an honorary member of the 173rd  Airborne Brigade Association and the 7/17 Cavalry Association.

He and his wife Donna have three daughters and three grandchildren, and live in Gilroy, California.