Soaring in an Eagle!

I was chosen to fly the F-15C Eagle, the most powerful solely air-to-air fighter in the world!  I could not be happier right now. This is exactly what I've wanted as my first choice.   When I started getting into the tactical world of flying I realized that I have no real desire to do the air-to-ground type dropping bomb stuff.  It just can't compare to the challenge and thrill of air-to-air combat.  There is nothing to touch the fluid, dynamic, constantly changing world of ACM.  F-15C's were my first choice because not only is it the most awesome jet available, it focuses completely on air-to-air dominance.  Other jets like the F-16 are good at this, but since they have to spend much of their time on other stuff, the Eagles are untouchable by anyone else.  I like the idea of being the best, and most feared, in the world at something; and oh by the way it happens to be the thing that I would like to do above anything else. 

After I finish my training in Columbus, I'll take a quick trip to the centerfuge for the toughest G-pulling profile there is and then I'll head back Moody AFB in Valdosta, Ga for a two month Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals.  This is kind of the big, fighter pilot washout program.  But it sounds like a lot of fun to me as we will be learning the key elements of dogfighting and that's what I've always wanted to do.

 

I will finish here in one week and then I will earn the coveted silver wings of a military aviator.  It has been a long road to get here.  There have been many obsticles and hard choices.  But they have all been overcome and never have I felt the absence of God's pull forward down this road.  Looking forward I know that there will be many more things to face and learn, but I will always know that this is what I was made for, and what else can a human caught up in this huge, confusing, and beautiful story we call Life ask for?