After OCS it was navigator training thence KC-135's at
Ellsworth AFB, Amarillo AFB, March AFB followed by a 4 yr
stint in Taiwan/Vietnam flying the C-130E Hercules. This
was followed by ACSC, Class of 74, and 4 years at HQ PACAF
in the Airlift Directorate. My assignment out of PACAF was
a consolation prize--Chief Navigator of the 16th Tactical
Airlift Training Squadron, Little Rock AFB, AR. I retired
from the Air Force in 1988 and went to work the next day at
the C-130 Airlift Training Center (Flight Simulator) as an
Instructor Navigator Supervisor. After 10 years as a civilian
instructor, I retired to 10 acres and a John Deere
tractor in Antioch, Arkansas.
The Air Force has been good to me. For my entire career
(practically my whole adult life), I was given the opportunity
to work and associate with the finest group of
individuals this country has to offer. Uncle Sam educated
me (B.S. Troy State 1974; M.A. Central Michigan University
1978) and provided me with opportunity, challenge, and
excitement, along with promotions from time to time. Did I
love it? Yes. Would I put on the uniform again? In a
heartbeat!!