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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 168, 230, 232, 233.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 28 Jan 2009.
Michael S. Shelton, LCDR, USN (Ret.), 23 years
Retired Naval Aviator
Michael Shelton attended Northport Elementary School and is a 1970 graduate of Cocke County High School. He enlisted in the United States Navy in September the same year. Following two years working as an aviation electrician on Naval aircraft and helicopters at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida, he was awarded a full-time scholarship to Auburn University. After graduation in 1977 with a Bachelors of Aerospace Engineering, Mike was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy and reported to flight training at NAS Pensacola, earning his Wings of Gold in December 1978.
Following two sea-duty tours flying the F-14A Tomcat, an instructor tour flying the A-4 Skyhawk, and obtaining a Masters Degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Avionics and Radar) at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, Mike retired from his last command on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in 1993.
Mike has over 3,500 hours of flight time, with over 1,700 hours in the Tomcat and over 600 carrier arrested shipboard landings. Mike is married to the former Ann McGee of Pensacola. They have two children, Michael II and Heather. Son, Michael, a 2002 graduate of the US Naval Academy, is also a Navy pilot, flying the F/A-18C Hornet off the USS John C. Stennis. He is currently on his second deployment to the Western Pacific and North Arabian Sea where he will be flying Afghanistan operations. He is married to Noelle and they have a new daughter named Lily.
Daughter Heather, a 2006 graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, is a Member Representative and Legislative Affairs Analyst for the Military Officers Association of America in Alexandria, Virginia.
Mike and wife Ann reside in Stafford, Virginia. He works in northern Virginia.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 31 May 2009.
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For those who read the Plain Talk closely you may have noticed a Republican conservative viewpoint column written by Mike Shelton. Having never met the fellow, I asked him to give me a call if he was ever back in Newport, his hometown. On Friday, he dropped by the newspaper and we talked. A retired Navy pilot, he is an interesting fellow and strong advocate of the Christian conservative lifestyle. What I learned most interesting is that he is the son of our friend, the mayor of Northport, Arthur Shelton. And, his brother is Larry "Yogi" Shelton, married to former Plain Talk classified manager Lydia Shelton. Mike was in town celebrating the graduation of his niece Amber, who is a CCHS honors graduate. I met the family at Sagebrush later that day. Soon I will share the photo I took and more information about the Sheltons.
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Just Plain Talk - Cruz on over to Ford's, say Hi! To an old friend from Lane's Market days
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