Lieutenant Boomer, later known as
Colonel Boomer, was a character on the 1978-1979 television series
Battlestar Galactica and its
spin-off series
Galactica 1980. He was portrayed on both series by
Herbert Jefferson, Jr. Boomer was a
lieutenant in the Colonial Service, an officer with a background in engineering and communications. He was also an ace
Colonial Viper pilot, and had pulled a tour of duty in the frozen environment of Ice Station Thule; this made Boomer useful for similar missions in the series, such as in the episode
Gun on Ice Planet Zero.