Laboring for Others: Walt Fricke and the All-Volunteer Veterans Airlift Command

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Key Takeaways:

  • Walt Fricke founded the Veterans Airlift Command (VAC), a non-profit providing crucial air transportation for wounded soldiers and their families.
  • What began as one man and an airplane three years ago has grown into a nationwide network of over 1,200 volunteers.
  • Despite its large volunteer base, VAC remains efficiently organized by Fricke and a single staff member.
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There are good people who fight so you don’t have to, but sometimes even they need your help. Walt Fricke is founder and airboss of Veterans Airlift Command. When soldiers return wounded from service and need help with their own transportation or that of family members, Fricke is there for them. What began three years ago as one man and an airplane has swelled to more than 1,200 volunteers. But the nationwide non-profit network is still efficiently organized by Fricke and his staff of one. AVweb‘s Glenn Pew had the opportunity to talk with Fricke, and he took it.

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