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03-09-2007 | 07:28 PM
#11
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From: SWA/FO
My story:
Enlisted in the Army during high school and did a couple of years in the infantry in Berlin. After that I went to the University of Tennessee where I got an Air Force scholarship and a pilot training slot. After pilot training I stayed on as a T-37 IP for my first tour then I did a couple of tours in the E-3 AWACS before coming to the U-2 program in '98. I retire as a major at the end of the year having spent 18 years in the Air Force, all of it in the cockpit. I passed on the offer of a staff tour and I never got my masters degree so it was no suprise when I didn't get promoted to Lt Col. I chose to stay in the cockpit and fly which was easy being a U-2 pilot because we are always short of pilots. I've had fun and would recommend being an officer rather than enlisted and Air Force rather than Army.
Enlisted in the Army during high school and did a couple of years in the infantry in Berlin. After that I went to the University of Tennessee where I got an Air Force scholarship and a pilot training slot. After pilot training I stayed on as a T-37 IP for my first tour then I did a couple of tours in the E-3 AWACS before coming to the U-2 program in '98. I retire as a major at the end of the year having spent 18 years in the Air Force, all of it in the cockpit. I passed on the offer of a staff tour and I never got my masters degree so it was no suprise when I didn't get promoted to Lt Col. I chose to stay in the cockpit and fly which was easy being a U-2 pilot because we are always short of pilots. I've had fun and would recommend being an officer rather than enlisted and Air Force rather than Army.
Cheers,
BP
03-09-2007 | 09:15 PM
#12
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Joined: Apr 2005
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From: 7ERA
Hey BP,
I got home Sunday night and am really glad to be done with the desert. That should be my last trip. I've got CTO until Tuesday. I've mainly been spending time with the wife and kids and working on airline apps. I haven't heard anything yet. I'm going to a Higher Power/SWA meeting in Oxnard the 23rd and Air Inc seminar in LA the 24th so hopefully that will help. See ya' next week.
I got home Sunday night and am really glad to be done with the desert. That should be my last trip. I've got CTO until Tuesday. I've mainly been spending time with the wife and kids and working on airline apps. I haven't heard anything yet. I'm going to a Higher Power/SWA meeting in Oxnard the 23rd and Air Inc seminar in LA the 24th so hopefully that will help. See ya' next week.
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