Mark C VlahosColonel Mark "Plug" Vlahos retired from the United States Air Force in 2011. During his 29-year career, he served in a wide-range of operational flying and staff assignments including command of a C-130 squadron in combat and Vice Wing Commander of te 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, which was then the largest C-130 wing in the world. Colonel Vlahos attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and holds master's degrees from Webster University and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is a member of the Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association, The Air Force Historical Foundation and the Leon B. Spencer Research Team of the National World War II Glider Pilot Committee. He resides in New Braunfels, Texas. Read More Read Less