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aircraft owners and pilots. Founded in 2006 by Walt Fricke, a wounded warrior from his service in Viet Nam, the organization coordinates missions coast to coast, providing safe, comfortable and honorable transportation that would otherwise be difficult and some cases impossible on the airlines. Holt met Walt Fricke two years ago, and the more he learned about VAC the more it resonated. Following the sale of his company, he committed to fly 200 hours a year on behalf of VAC missions.
In early 2016, Holt decided to repaint his Phenom to reflect his new mission. “Initially, I had a military-style paint scheme in mind. But that changed when I met John Stahr,” he said.
John Stahr is the founder and owner of Stahr Design, a studio located in Eugene, Oregon that specializes in original custom paint designs for aircraft. Holt had spotted a De Havilland Otter with a unique airbrushed scheme designed by Stahr. He contacted John and they began to flesh out a design for Holt’s Phenom.
The Millennium Phenom’s first Veterans Airlift Command mission transported U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Bentley and his daughter. Sgt. Bentley sustained a severe traumatic brain injury and shattered his spine after his vehicle hit an IED.
On behalf of Veterans Airlift Command, Mark Holt and the Millennium Phenom recently secured transport for Sgt. Dominic Martinez, who was injured by an IED while en route to an Iraqi police station near Baghdad, Iraq in 2006. The Millennium Phenom brought him to San Diego to participate in a Warrior Bonfire Program designed to help Purple Heart recipients learn to surf, paddle board and receive therapeutic healing.
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