Miguel Orama:
CLASS OF 1968
Admiral King High SchoolClass of 1968
Lorain, OH
Miguel's Story
After my graduation from high school, I attended LCCC for half a year. I Joined the Army in March of 1969 where I attended the US Army Flight School at Fort Rucker Alabama. I graduated from Flight School as a Warrant Officer and Huey Pilot. Spent a year in Texas and I was reassigned to Tanduchan Korea where I was assigned as a lift pilot flying the venerable Huey helicopter. After Korea I returned to the USA as a civilian. I got married while in the Army to my high school sweet heart. We had 4 Children together and one of them is presently serving as an instructor pilot in the US Army..I returned to school at LCCC where I studied Electrical Engineering. I also joined the US Army reserve in Cleveland Ohio flying UH-1 H helicopters (huey) as a med evac pilot. I worked for Xerox Corp while attending school which ended in 1975.. I rejoined the US Army in 1980 and served at Ft. Rucker Alabama as a flight instructor until 1983.. While there, I was temporarily assigned to E...Expand for more
cuador South America as a flight Instructor (in Spanish). I was also tasked to serve in El Salvador supporting the US Embassy training program for the Salvadoran Air Force.. In 1984 I was assigned to Germany where I spent 3 years as a Blackhawk instructor pilot. I returned to Ft Rucker in 1987 to perform duties as a Blackhawk (UH-60) Instructor pilot training US Army pilots. I was temporarily assigned to Colombia South America to train Pilots for their Air Force. Until 1994 at my retirement I was assigned to duties in Panama, Hawaii, Cambodia, Thailand, Guam and Singapore. I was assigned to conduct MIA search operations in Cambodia where several missing people were found. After retirement from the service, I worked as a civilian pilot and trainer in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. I also did a 2 year stint in Iraq while employed by Blackwater Corp. I was also employed by Pinnacle Solutions inc to work in Saudi Arabia.. Presently I am between jobs retired in Florida...
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