OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL / MUG: Trooper Richard Oldaker Oldaker joined the OHP in 1969. Trooper Oldaker was the pilot of the O.H.P. aircraft Trooper Alexander and Ft. Sill soldIer Spec. 4 Ronnie D. Russell were aboard which was on a low flying mission over the Salt Fork River bed near Hollis. The plane struck a utility pole wire spanning the river and crashed. All three men died in the crash.