The KC-135 at Fairchild AFB was my first duty assignment.  We spent five years in Spokane, a third of the time on alert.  Shortly after Mount St Helens blew her top, we headed for Wichita where I flew as a –135 functional check pilot at the Boeing plant.  Three years there gave me time to get my Master’s degree and complete a couple of service schools.  Then, it was on to the 4950^th Test Wing at Wright-Patterson.  I flew as a research pilot on the ARIA and other –135s and 707s there for another three years.  After that, we stayed at Wright-Pat for three more years in the “career-broadening” B-1B Systems Program Office.  Getting back in the cockpit, I took a northern tier assignment to Wurtsmith thinking that would be our last base.  The BRAC changed our plans and we went to Plattsburgh, for another BRAC, and our 20^th and final year.

We returned to Denver after retiring from the AF in 1993 where I now work for FlightSafety Services Corp.  I still train tanker crews as well as C-5 crews by developing computer-based training lessons.  I even got to fly the corporate King Air for the few years we had it.

We’re looking forward to a good time in Daytona Beach!