John A. “Jack” Islin served as the second director of the then-American Helicopter Society (AHS) — from August 1975 to October 1977. Islin was born in Dallas, Texas, on May 17, 1933, and went to Abington Senior High School in Abington, Pennsylvania . He graduated in 1955 with a pre-law degree from the University of Pennsylvania; he then entered the Army at the then-Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), Georgia, with a commission as an infantry lieutenant. Early in the course he was given an orientation flight by an enthusiastic Korean War veteran who had the vision of air mobile combat operations. ... He earned a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1968. After graduate school, he was assigned to the Pentagon as an Executive Officer to the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff. He promoted air mobility at every opportunity. Learn more about Jack Islin on 'in Memoriam' pages of VFS publication Vertiflite, July/August 2024.
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John A. “Jack” Islin served as the second director of the then-American Helicopter Society (AHS) — from August 1975 to October 1977. Islin was born in Dallas, Texas, on May 17, 1933, and went to Abington Senior High School in Abington, Pennsylvania . He graduated in 1955 with a pre-law degree from the University of Pennsylvania; he then entered the Army at the then-Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), Georgia, with a commission as an infantry lieutenant. Early in the course he was given an orientation flight by an enthusiastic Korean War veteran who had the vision of air mobile combat operations. ...

He earned a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1968. After graduate school, he was assigned to the Pentagon as an Executive Officer to the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff. He promoted air mobility at every opportunity.

Learn more about Jack Islin on 'in Memoriam' pages of VFS publication Vertiflite, July/August 2024.

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