THE trappings of fame never sat comfortably with Kris Kristofferson ... Despite coming from a military family and once flying helicopters for the US Army, he was a natural-born outsider.

After finishing his studies, Kris Kristofferson joined the U.S. Army at the age of 25 ... He trained as a helicopter pilot at Fort Rucker and was later stationed in Germany with the 8th Infantry ...

Country music legend and Army veteran Kris Kristofferson has a list of accomplishments ... Kristofferson earned his Ranger tab before becoming a helicopter pilot, which was critical in getting ...

Kris Kristofferson did his best to get ... him to do this than most other musicians. He flew a helicopter while in Germany with the U.S. Army. When he left the military, he flew helicopters ...

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar equally drawn to the words of William Blake and Hank Williams, an Army helicopter pilot, a Golden Gloves boxer, a ruggedly handsome movie star and a ...

Sept 29 (Reuters) - Kris Kristofferson ... man - an athlete with a poet's sensibilities, a former Army officer and helicopter pilot, a Rhodes scholar who took a job as a janitor in what turned ...

Kris Kristofferson performs in concert ... moved to California, joined the Army and became a helicopter pilot -- and began writing songs on the side. Inspired by Dylan, he rejected an Army ...

Kris. Instead of returning to Oxford, Kristofferson enlisted in the Army. Kristofferson served as a helicopter pilot while in the Army and attained the rank of captain. During a three-year tour in ...

Kris Kristofferson, the beloved singer-songwriter ... Kristofferson has been lauded as a legendary Renaissance man: an Army helicopter pilot, Rhodes scholar, Golden Gloves boxer, literature ...

Kris Kristofferson, a country music singer and actor who starred opposite Barbra Streisand in A Star Is Born, has died. He ...