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Old 09-21-2007, 10:14 AM
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The son of the F-15 pilot who made the first successful anti-satellite shot for the 1985 Celestial Eagle Flight got to fly his father's F-15, which now belongs to the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing. SrA. Erik Hofmeyer reports that Air Guardsman SSgt. Aaron Harley, with the 125th FW's Det. 1 at Homestead ARB, Fla., was the inspiration for this historic remembrance flight. The 1985 Eagle pilot is now-retired Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson. His son is active duty F-15 pilot, Capt. Todd Pearson, stationed at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

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Pretty Cool. Also kind of telling that our military jets are getting old.
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Old 09-21-2007, 10:18 AM
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For some guys, "yeah, my grandpa flew this B-52..."

Cool story.

We had a guy in my squadron who's dad was a General (not a pilot though), they got to fly together once when I was there.
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