It's been a while

Alright… I guess I haven’t done the best job at keeping this journal current. I don’t think I even told you what type of aircraft I will be flying in the Air Force. I am going to be flying the KC-135 (pictured above) whose main role is to refuel other military aircraft in air. It is funny because in the Army my job was to drive big fuel tankers, and so in the interview they where joking about how I am still going to be driving fuel tankers, only now they will have wings.

A lot of people have been asking when I will be leaving. I still don’t have dates yet, but I am hoping to know actual dates in the next couple of weeks. We are thinking that I will make it into the August officer school and leave for pilot training in October. When I was selected by the unit in Ohio I was actually selected for the fiscal year 2009 which begins the first of October 2008. I was told that there was always a chance that I would get a class date earlier since there are always people that don’t make it through training for whatever reason and slots become available. It looks like I am not going to be able to go any earlier though because I was serving in the Army Reserve and the transition process took forever. I was finally released by the Army and about a month ago I swore in to the Air National Guard. It was a crazy feeling swearing into the Air Force. I served in the Army for almost 9 years (right after I graduated high school) and so that is all I know. It will be interesting transitioning to a different branch of the military and getting used to all of their traditions, and customs. I am so excited! I am going to try and be better at keeping this blog up to date especially since I will be leaving soon. Until then....se ya!