Heather Allen sits at her desk at the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Plains recently. Allen served her country in the U.S. Air Force working in the intelligence field. (Chuck Bandel/Valley Press)
November 5, 2019
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November 5, 2019 8:26 p.m.
Plains veteran specialized in classified military operations
When Heather Allen’s father retired from the Air Force and the family moved to Wisconsin, it wound up being a change of address that would take her to many far off lands, where, among other things, she would find herself talking via secure radio to a downed Air Force pilot in Kosovo while rescue help was on its way.