And it has a strong tie to Elizabethton.
Mark Cooter, a retired Air Force colonel, is a 1981 graduate of Elizabethton High School and a 1985 graduate of East Tennessee State University. He is co-author of âNever Mind, Weâll Do It Ourselves, The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution,â by Skyhorse Publishers.
As the book explains, the Predator program was a joint project of the Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency. Cooter, an intelligence officer, led the Air Force team while co-author Alec Bierbauer headed the CIA team. Michael Marks is the third author.
JOHNSON CITY - Sandra (Sandy) M. Collins, 86, of Johnson City passed away peacefully with family surrounding her in Knoxville on Sunday, January 3, 2020.
Sandy was the only child of the late John Robert and Helen Gleason Motz. She grew up moving frequently as her father was an engineer with TVA. She graduated from Elizabethton High School where she met her late husband Carl Gilson Collins. They married after graduating from college and nursing school. Carl served in the United States Marine Corp for 26 years so Sandyâs nomadic life continued until she and Carl retired to Johnson City in 1983. They loved establishing roots and living by Carlâs family and forming life-long friends. Carl passed away in 2017 at which time Sandy relocated to Knoxville to be closer to her children.
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