Mark Hasara

For twenty-four years Mark Hasara operated one of the Air Force's oldest airplanes, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. His career started during the Reagan administration, carrying out Strategic Air Command's nuclear deterrent missions. Moving to Okinawa, Japan, in August 1990, he flew missions throughout the Pacific Rim and Southeast Asia. His first combat missions were in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. As a duty officer in the Tanker Airlift Control Center, he planned and ran five hundred airlift and air refueling missions a month.

Mark Became a full-time author and defense industry consultant in 2014.