Bracken County High School Alumni
Brooksville, Kentucky (KY)
Raymond Armstrong
Bracken County High School
Class of 1970
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RAYMOND'S PROFILE
First Name | Raymond |
Last Name | Armstrong |
Graduation Year | Class of 1970 |
Gender | Male |
City | N/A |
State/Province | OR |
Country | United States |
Occupation | S61 Rotary Wing Maintenance Superintendent Dept of State |
Married | Yes |
Favorite School Memory | All of it, the friends, basketball games, FFA National Convention. Going to High School in the 60s', |
About Me | Went to U K and wasted my time...Worked for the State Highway till I joined the U S Air Force in 1973. Worked as a helicopter mechanic in Utah, South East Asia during the fall of Phnom Pehn Cambodia and Saigon Vietnam and the Recapture of the Container ship Mayaguez... Came back to the states in the 6514th Test Sq. Went to serve my first tour in Alaska from 1978 until 1984 as a flight engineer performing search and rescue throughout the entire state. Reassigned to the 1st Helicopter Sq Andrews AFB to fly heads of state to include all Presidential cabinet members and foriegn heads of state. Returned to Alaska in 1988 to fly Combat Search and Rescue/ Special Operations Non Commissioned Officer in charge of Standardization and Evaluation.. Participated in Operation Desert Storm, January 1991 through March 1991. Performed duties as a 1st Sgt until my retirement in May of 1993. Worked as Watch Commander for a large security company in Anchorage Ak from 1993 until August 1994. Divorced during this time after being married 19 years..Went to work for Erickson Air Crane in Aug. 1994 to do logging in Malaysia on the island of Borneo till Sept 1995. Fought forest fires, logged in the U S and Canada. Went to Korea in 97 for two months then went to move oil rigs in Peru in 98 until 99.. Flew a skycrane to Ecuador in 2000 for two months and then left Erickson to go to Carson Helicopters in April of 2000. Mostly logging and forest fire fighting in the northwest and west coast..Currently going on my tenth year at Carson. I do Search and Rescue still but only on my horses now. All registered and foundation Appaloosas. I am the Captain of the Jackson County Sheriffs' Posse, supporting the public relations side of the Department, support local charities, ride in all local parades and perform certain security functions on horseback...Got remarried in 2003 to a Scottish lass in Scotland, my son was my best man. It was a blast.....Both of us had all our children there. Life has been a little excit...(read more) |
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