Yankee Air Pirates
CK McCusker was born in Chicago but raised in Connecticut. He went west for college to the University of Arizona, graduated, and was applying to law school when his draft board informed him that wouldn't work. He applied for a commission and flight training in the Air Force and, miraculously, was accepted. He then went through the training for 18 months that led to his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant and his Wings as a navigator. He was assigned to B-52's and flew over 100 combat missions in Vietnam, including Operation Linebacker II. After his service, he joined General Electric and went through an 18 month management program which led to senior sales and marketing management positions in the following 12 years at GE. He remained in the corporate world in senior management positions until he began his entrepreneurial career in 1993. He began writing Yankee Air Pirates at the insistence of an old friend while still working full time. Five years later, after writing nights and weekends, it came to reality with the great help of his publisher, Deeds Publishing in Atlanta. Mr. McCusker resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife of 40 years and has three married children, two sons and a daughter, and a new grandson. In 2010 he left the business world and became a full time author. He finally reached his "dream" job.