Louis Schalk | |
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| Nickname(s) | "Lou"k |
| Born | 29 May 1926 Alden, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | 16 August 2002 (aged 76) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Buried | West Point, New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service |  United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1944–1957 |
| Rank |  Captain |
| Unit | 86th Operations Group |
| Battles / wars | Cold War |
| Other work | Test pilot |
Graduated … and was assigned to the armor branch of the US Army.[1]
Military career
editTroy returned to West Point in 1951 as commander of the Pentathlon Training Center where he led the Olympic Modern Pentathlon team and competed in the 1952 Olympics Modern Pentathlon event. His other duties included oversight of the last horses at the West Point Riding Hall.[2] Troy retired from the US Army as a colonel.[3]
Civilian career
editAfter retiring from the military, Troy began a career in farming where he managed the Woodlot Management Equipment Company that raised and sold corn, soybeans, wheat, and trees. He continued his involvement in pentathlon activities serving as secretary and later president of the US Modern Pentathlon Association, vice president of the International Modern Pentathlon Federation, a member of the board of directors of the US Olympic Committee, and president and founder of the Pan American Modern Pentathlon Confederation.[4]
In 2017, Troy reunited with his pentathlon teammates from the 1952 Olympics, Frederick L. Denman and William "Thad" McArthur. The reunion was held on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington at a pistol range similar to the one used by the team during the 1952 Olympics. According to Troy’s son, Kent, who organized the event, the team was unique in that all were in the US Army and two were graduates from USMA thus representing the last all-military US Olympic pentathlon team from the 1952 Olympics.[5]
Personal life
editHe was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.[6]
Troy has one son, Kent,[5] who graduated from USMA.[7]
Schalk started at USMA in 1944.[8]
Schalk was buried in West Point Cemetery on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.[8]
Tiny but mighty fighter jets will fly over Pinellas County today to help our military.
The planes will follow a specific course to test a radar being built in Largo.
This radar will be used on ships in the future to detect enemy movement in the air.
In 2020, Nalls group deployed to Largo, Florida and used the microjets to help test a future ship-borne radar for the US military.[9]
Nalls and retired US Navy rear admiral, Scott Sanders, conceived an unusual way to support veterans organizations by selling "700 Mile Per Hour Bourbon". Bourbon whiskey supplied by Sanders' distillery will be carried in two specially modified external fuel tanks aboard Nalls Sea Harrier and flown at high altitude and speed. The unique bourbon will then be sold and the proceeds donated to the Semper Fi & America’s Fund. Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the flight is not expected to occur until 2021.[10]
As of 2016[update], NF-104 stands ...[11]
Text.[12]
Roger’s info.[15]
Rogers flew 142 missions as a fighter pilot during the Korean War.[16]
Flight into Fury.[19]
In 2021, Deatrick’s career was chronicled in the journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation, Air Power History.[20]
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Notes
editFootnotes
editCitations
edit- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. A-3.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. V-14.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. E-4.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. IX-37.
- ^ a b Dominique 2017.
- ^ "Burial Detail: Deatrick, Eugene Peyton (Section 53, Grave 2458)". ANC Explorer. Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website). Retrieved September 18, 2021.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. XI-4.
- ^ a b Brasswell, Arnold (2004). Taps: A Supplement to Assembly Magazine. West Point, New York: Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy. p. 37. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Gross, Lila (June 24, 2020). "Loud noise in sky? Military testing fighter plane radar in Pinellas Co". WFLA News Channel 8. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ Smith, Shepard (November 11, 2020). "Veterans join forces to create bourbon at 700 mph". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; November 12, 2020 suggested (help) - ^ Thuloweit, Kenji (December 9, 2016). "TPS Class 16A Test Eagles ready to soar to new heights". Edwards Air Force Base. United States Air Force. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Department of Defense Appropriations for 1974. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 510. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Shayler & Burgess 2017, pp. xxv–xxvi.
- ^ Miller 1961.
- ^ Shayler & Snowdon 1981, p. 3.
- ^ Jury, William (November 1963). "Saddle The Dragon". Boeing Magazine. Vol. XXXIII, no. 11. Seattle, Washington: The Boeing Company. p. 3. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ Astronauts and Cosmonauts Biographical and Statistical Data. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1975. p. 107. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ "12 Special Operations Squadron (AFSOC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. United States Air Force. October 29, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ Darlyrmple, W. Bruce (July 1956). "Flight Into Fury". Boeing Magazine. Vol. XXVI, no. 7. Seattle, Washington: Boeing Public Relations Office. pp. 10–11. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ Hoppes, Jonna Doolittle (Summer 2021). "Gene Deatrick: An Appreciation" (PDF). 68 (2). Clinton, Maryland: Air Force Historical Foundation: 27–32. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Wiley, Dan (1995). "Fly by Wire in 1955?". In Chilstrom, Ken; Leary, Penn (eds.). Test Flying at Old Wright Field (Second Revised, 2nd printing ed.). Omaha, Nebraska: Westchester House Publishers. pp. 127–9. ISBN 0-9617917-2-1.
- ^ "Warbird Stories: Wiley Coyote A-1 Skyraider". airforceheritageflight.org. Houston, Texas: Air Force Heritage Flight Team. August 8, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ Eppley 1963, pp. 17–27.
- ^ Eppley 1963, pp. 15–16.
- ^ Galloway & Wolf 2020, p. 123.
References
edit- Dominique, Bryan Michael (March 14, 2017). "Last All-Military USA Pentathlon Team from 1952 Olympics to Reunite at JBLM". United States Army. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- McWhorter, John C. Jr (1993). United States Military Academy, Class of 1946, A Chronicle of Duty - Honor - Country. Kerrville, Texas: Herring Printing Company. LCCN 93-91386.
- Miller, Ed Mack (March 1, 1961). "This Trainer Can GO, GO, GO". Arlington, Virginia: Air Force Association. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- Galloway, Joseph L.; Wolf, Marvin J. (2020). They Were Soldiers. Nashville, Tennessee: Nelson Books. ISBN 978-1-4002-0880-7.
- Eppley, Charles V. (March 1963). "History of the USAF Experimental Flight Test School 4 February 1951 – 12 October 1961" (PDF). Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- Shayler, David; Burgess, Colin (2017). "The last of NASA's original pilot astronauts". Springer International. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- Shayler, David J.; Snowdon, Philip W. (January 1981). "America's Forgotten Astronauts". Spaceflight. Vol. 23, no. 1. London, England: British Interplanetary Society. ISSN 0038-6340. Retrieved April 13, 2021.