From a Ravens Perch: A Bird's View of Cold War reconnaissance
John (Jack) Perrizo served on active duty with the United States Air Force from September of 1961 through March of 1970. He remained in the reserves until retirement from the Air Force, as a Lt. Colonel, in March of 1986. His reserve duty was as an Admissions Liaison Officer (Admissions Counselor) for the Air Force Academy and ROTC scholarship programs. He returned to active government service with the Federal Aviation Administration in February of 1975 working as an Air Traffic Control Specialist in the Station Option retiring in October of 2002. During that period he served at eight different locations, two as the facility manager. In October of 2005, the FAA contracted the Station Option part of their operation to the Lockheed-Martin Corporation. Mr. Perrizo served as a training consultant to Lockheed Martin at the Seattle facility from March of 2006 until his final retirement in January of 2010.