Throughout the ‘60s, as a member of Lackland’s famous Air Force Blues Skeet Team, he was well known for his performances at shoots in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, California, and Kentucky.  During this period, he was a standout at popular shoots like the Pan American, the Bluegrass, the Flamingo Open, the Dixie Open, the Royal Palm Open, the San Antonio Fiesta, the Toepperwein Memorial, the Tri-State Open, the Texas State Shoot, and the Armed Forces Skeet Championships.  At the World Shot throughout the ‘60s, Johnson shared in four two-man team titles in the 28 and 20 gauges, one all-around two-man team title and numerous five-man team championships.  Shooting as a member of the Air Force Blues, he also shared in the setting of many new team world records, three of which still stand today – the 12 gauge five-man military record on 1250 targets (1247×1250 broken by Johnson, Rowden, Herring, Trammell, and Bellows in’67), the 20 gauge five-man military record on 500 targets (497×500 broken by the same team in ’67), and the .410 bore five-man military record on 500 targets (485×500 broken by the same team, also in ’67).  

 

Also an avid International shotgunner, Johnson has won spots on three U. S. International Skeet Teams, three U. S. International Trap Teams, and he represented the United States in the skeet competition at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.  Between 1964 and 1972, Johnson was selected as a member of 11 All-American Skeet Teams – Military, International, and Open.  

 

He and his wife Valerie, who is also an outstanding all-around shotgunner in her own right, have proved to be one of the most formidable husband and wife teams in the history of skeet.  At the ’74 World Shoot the Johnsons won the husband and wife HOA title with 1,076×1,100.  In ’75, they took the title for the second straight year when they turned in a four-gun aggregate of 1082×1100 – a new husband and wife world record for 1100 targets (500x200x200x200).  And in ’76, the Johnsons swept the husband and wife competition at the World Shoot, taking all four gun events, their third straight HOA title, and beating their own world record with 1083×1100 – a record which still stands today.  Still a very active competitor who is now eligible to compete as a sub-senior, Johnson continues to add titles to his list of wins.  At the ’79 World Shoot, Johnson won the sub-senior titles in the 12 gauge and the HOA, and he and his wife toppled the husband and wife competition in both the 20 and 12 gauges.  Earlier that season, Johnson set a new HOA record at the San Antonio Gun Club when he broke 399×400 at the annual Toepperwein and Fiesta Open.  He won his 12th All America Team patch early this year when he was named Co-Captain of the 1980 Sub-Senior All-American Skeet Team.