A Pilot's Tour of Duty with Marty Schultling
Our Program on January 14th was an excellent program presented by Marty Schultling, who among other accomplishments is a Lt. Col. in the Air Force Reserve. He sketched out his career path, and filled in some of the details about his overseas assignments.
Marty soloed in a two-seater Cessna at age 19, and went on to fly for the USAF. He has flown almost all types of aircraft in the service, altho most pilots concentrate on one type. He’s flown the F-15 fighter for 5 years, the B-2 Stealth bomber, the in-flight fueling tankers, and the flying freighters stationed at Wold-Chamberlain Field. While on active duty, he has been repeatedly assigned in the Arabian and the Afghanistan areas. His power-point photos showed the accommodations and facilities that the USAF has at their bases. Some of the bases he stayed at were not secured from attack, being barracks made of plywood walls and tin roofs.
When not on active duty, Marty is the corporate pilot for one of the group health organizations. He and his wife moved to Minnesota so they could raise their kids here. The big incident in his life recently was that his four-year old boy had successfully skied over the weekend.
It’s comforting to have that kind of person protecting our country.