About The Author
Paul Hooper is the son of two WWII veterans and spent his childhood growing up on USAF air bases in the US and overseas. He attained his dream of being a USAF pilot on 16 April 1974. He retired from the USAF effective 1 February 1993 as a Major and Command Pilot with 5,200 flight hours, having flown the C-130E, T-41C, MC-130E and the CASA 212. He started his career in commercial aviation on 16 March 1993 when he departed Patrick AFB enroute to Lima, Peru where he flew the C-123K and
C-131H in support of DOS/INL Counter Narcotics operations in the Upper Huallaga River Valley in Peru. Thus began his second career as an Accidental Soldier of Fortune.
C-131H in support of DOS/INL Counter Narcotics operations in the Upper Huallaga River Valley in Peru. Thus began his second career as an Accidental Soldier of Fortune.