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Nolte, John W.

Nolte,  John W.

Iowa State University 1966
Active duty 1966 – 1972, Separated as a Captain.
OTS 1966
UPT 1968
Clark AFB Phillipines 1968 -1970,  with the 463rd TAW – 29th TAS.
     C-130B Copilot and with eventual Aircraft Commander upgrade.
     16 day shuttles in country.  More than enough for a short tour.
     Normal C-130B Tactical Airlift in country and SEA area.
     Flew multiple Commando  Vault Missions as copilot in country.
Langley AFB VA  1970 – 1972, 316th TAW – 36th TAS.
     C-130E squadron line pilot initially, with additional duty in Squadron Ops
     With squadron  TDY deployment to Rhein – Main AFB, as line pilot and ops type
     Then 11 months in Wing Tac Ops until separation from active duty
1972 -1974:  Commodity Grain Merchandiser with the Pillsbury Corporation
1974 to current:  Upon my father’s death in 1974, returned to the family farm.
Epilogue: I can’t rely on my cellphone service – too rural, so I do not use as such. I will not attend the 50th reunion, but many thanks for the effort involved.