A few people have commented on some of my blogs that they enjoy it when I share stuff about me and my life. So I thought I'd write about my USAF career, which was originally posted on my personal website about 2 years ago. Tagging SG Staff as they might find this interesting enough to put it on the front page: @missy, @rambo, @kiley...
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deadguitarist:
@hiptobes, the F-16 Incentive Ride was the best rollercoaster ride I've ever been on. Technically, I have one hour of flight time that I could apply to a pilots license if I choose to pursue one, though I won't. I was offered a second incentive ride in an F-16 when I actually pinned on my Staff Sergeant stripes, but I turned it down... I requested that they give my ride to someone who had never had a ride before. If it had been in a different aircraft (F-15 or A-10), I'd have taken it. The tanker incentive ride was quite interesting and a bit of an adventure. The boom operator uses joysticks to maneuver the boom to the inflight refueling port on the aircraft. Kind of like playing a real life video game. Upon our return to Incirlik, there was an EF-111 on the runway with a blown tire. There is only one runway at Incirlik (at least back then there was only one), so all of the aircraft returning to base had to circle while they cleared the runway. We refueled a few fighters while waiting to land, but after those few, we couldn't refuel any more aircraft without running low on fuel ourselves. In all, by the time I separated, I'd flown in all transport aircraft in the USAF inventory at the time of my separation: C-5, C-130, KC-10, KC-135 and C-140.
hiptobes:
That is hilarious and awesome all at the same time, I'm sure I've seen drones flown by Xbox controllers too.
