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LTCOL RALEIGH, TRUITT

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Name:

RALEIGH, TRUITT

Rank:

LTCOL

Ret:

Career Skill:

Pilot / Command Pilot

Years With F-106:

1967

1984

Units Assigned:

48th,5th

My Favorite Assignment:

48FIS

Comments/Notes:

Coming out of my Vietnam F4 tour in 1966, I was assigned to the 48FIS, where I decamped for 5 years, finishing up as the Six and T-bird StanEval and ACM/ACT chief. I next went to get a masters in Latin American Affairs followed by a posting to the Panama AOR where I wound up as the USAFSO executive officer, traveling aide-de-camp, and behind-the-lines O-2 pilot. On return to the States, went to 5th FIS, where I again wound up as the StanEval chief--this followed by tours on the ADTAC IG and later as the ANG air defense guy at the National Guard Bureau. At my 1984 retirement I was still flying both the Six and T-bird on weekends with my ANG units, which was to me, a very satisfactory career end. I went straight to People Express in NJ as a 727 flight engineer and pilot, and later flew the DC-10, finishing up as a 737 captain until my Continental Airlines retirement in 2001. I had picked up a law degree along the way and took on side gigs as an expert aviation witness in court cases and as a Fox News "talking head" about recent air crashes, including 9/11. On retiring, I went to work as an attorney for an aviation insurer in my neighborhood where I defended and settled cases for my insureds including Northwest Airlines, GE Aircraft Engines, and Honeywell International. I took cases to the Supreme Courts of France and South Korea, and to an arbitration in London, winning in all 3 venues. I retired for the 3rd time, and now my wife Roberta and I sit contentedly on the balconies of our Red Bank, NJ, and Naples, FL condos watching the boats go by. Visit if you can.

Email Link (if public):

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Award/Accomplishment:

Tasked in 1969 to create for the 48 FIS the first regularly-scheduled joint USAF- Navy DACT program in USAF, working with Navy F4 training RAG across the river. 48FIS troops used our recent experience flying against ROK F-5s in our S. Korea deployment to set up this "first-of-its-kind" AF-Navy dissimilar program.

Deceased:

Record ID No.:

3843

Updated:

3/2/2020

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LTCOL RALEIGH, TRUITT