Mike Retallick was a member of the Class of 1978 of Delaware valley High School. A member of the National Honor Society, he entered Penn State University pursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineering, which he obtained in 1982. Upon graduation he entered the United States Air Force where he continued his education with a Master’s Degree in national Security and Strategic Studies in 1995; a Master’s Degree in Aero Science Technology in 1995, and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies in 2002. He currently holds the rank of Colonel and is Chief of the Deployment Distribution Ops Center at Scott AFB in Illinois. Col. Retallick has been awarded 18 awards and decorations during his twenty-three-year career with the Air Force. He currently is rated as a Command Pilot with thousands of hours of flight time on various aircraft.