My last pilot training flight was today!!

[CALL911]

What an amazing trip it has been since I started! As many of you know I have spent the last year away from friends and much of my family devoting all of my time to USAF pilot training. Today was my very last flight! I am already missing flying even though I just landed about 3 hours ago. I just wanted to give a shout out to all my borthers and sisters here at LTXtech and say thank you for your support!

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[Z28pr0jekt]

congrats :)

[Brady21x]

Congrats man :D

[Chris]

Congrats! So does that mean you are cleared to shoot other planes down?! Those would make awesome "Kill" Storie section It sounded alot funnier in my head

[CALL911]

:laugh: Thats not quite how it works Chris.

Thanks for the congrats everyone.

[96LT1355Z28]

That's awesome!:claps: Whats the next step from here?

[CALL911]

That's awesome!:claps: Whats the next step from here?

Next I get to learn to fly this guy

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[Chris]

Sweeet! So your game for transporting my car to the shootout right?

[CALL911]

I won't even make the shootout since I will be in Oklahoma for training at the time.

[Transamman25]

Amazing man... As former military I couldn't be anymore proud of you! You dah man!

[CALL911]

Thanks everyone. The road to get here was both difficult and long. Pilot training was 13 months, but officer training school, years of getting a 4.0 in college and studying my ass off while on active duty Air Force orders and being a boom operator just to get the CHANCE to get here was almost equally as difficult.

The feeling of completion cannot be described in words. But I can say "thanks" to all of you for the kind words of encouragement and congrats.

[Fixxer99TA]

Congrats man, thats a hell of an accomplishment. Oh, and we need some "in close, in person" pics of that new "ride" you should have pretty soon... :D

[CALL911]

Congrats man, thats a hell of an accomplishment. Oh, and we need some "in close, in person" pics of that new "ride" you should have pretty soon... :D

I'll be bringing my Camera along with me for KC-135 training, so don't worry, you'll get your "up close in person" pics in usuall CALL911 fashion.

[Fastbird]

Ben, you know how I feel about this buddy!!!

[AChotrod]

Kick ass man Congrats!:claps::claps::claps:

[CamaroZGuy]

Congrats man! i may have to look you up in Oklahoma, since as of know that looks to be where I'm heading.....just waiting on the official word

[CALL911]

^ Where in oklahoma are you thinking you'll end up? Tinker? Altus?

[~chipsahoy~]

Nice work. Congrats.

Surprised to see you not training in the KC-135's here at McConnell, but hell, what do I know.

[CALL911]

Nice work. Congrats.

Surprised to see you not training in the KC-135's here at McConnell, but hell, what do I know.

McConnell is not a training base, it is an operational active duty KC-135 base. All KC-135 pilots get their training done at Altus to learn to fly the KC-135, then they go on to their assigned units to get mission qualified.

[CamaroZGuy]

^ Where in oklahoma are you thinking you'll end up? Tinker? Altus?

nothing official, but its looking like Tinker.

[CALL911]

Tinker is in Oklahoma City. Thats a good 3.5 hour drive (one way) from where I will be in Altus. But still hit me up, as I am sure I will make the trip (more than once) while I am there.

[Fastbird]

Ben, you should be in Tulsa in 3.5 hours. Lawton is 1 hour, OKC is another hour.

[CALL911]

I've been there before. I remember. I remember you gotta be on the road for a long time to get back to civilization. Should be a good time though. It will be nice to get away from it all for a while.

[~chipsahoy~]

McConnell is not a training base, it is an operational active duty KC-135 base. All KC-135 pilots get their training done at Altus to learn to fly the KC-135, then they go on to their assigned units to get mission qualified.

Gotchya, thanks for clarifying.