An Army Helicopter Flight School roommate from back in 1968 wound up being the Squadron Commander of 99 Squadron after he shifted over to the Air Force.....he was bound for higher places than just a Chinook seat.
He is an excellent pilot who went through Chinook Conversion training with me and travelled to Vietnam to the same Battalion where we were assigned to different Chinook units.
He shifted to the Air Force in 1974 and retired upon which he went to work for American Airlines as a Pilot.
Along the way he became an author.
https://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/sha...-u-2-spy-plane