Mike Basla had a stellar career in the U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of lieutenant general (three-star), serving as the service’s chief information officer and head of its 77,000-member cyber operations unit.
Now, he’s helping run a distillery on a 90-acre farm outside Cazenovia, N.Y.
“I can’t think of a better retirement than sitting here on this farm, holding a drink I helped make,” he said. Read more here.