Alan Mack, Master Aviator, Author, Speaks at CCA Annual Dinner

It was wonderful to see our members and guests together at the CCA’s Annual Dinner, which was held April 27 at the Powelton Club, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

A special thank you to our guest speaker, Alan C. Mack, elite aviator, war hero and author, for sharing his compelling story. Mack was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2001. His book, “Razor 03: A Night Stalker’s Wars,” chronicles Mack’s training and combat missions, including the hunt for Osama Bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora, rescuing “Lone Survivor” Marcus Luttrell in the Kunar Valley, and being shot down by Taliban fighters during Operation Anaconda.

Mack began serving as Orange County Deputy Commissioner of Emergency Services in August 2016, and after decades of military service and years of near-constant deployment, said he is happy to be home in Orange County. “Life in the Hudson Valley is great,” he said. “No one is shooting at me.”

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