FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS AN EAGLEBITE? AN EAGLEBITE IS WHEN SOMEONE ( USUALLY A CREW CHIEF ) ACCIDENTLY HITS THEIR HEAD OR OTHER BODY PARTS ON THE F-15. IT'S USUALLY PAINFUL, BUT YOU GET USED TO IT. TRUST ME, I'VE HAD PLENTY!

I PICKED THIS NAME BECAUSE ANY OTHER EAGLEKEEPER THAT SEES IT WILL RECOGNIZE WHO I AM AND WHAT I DO.

I WORK ON AN F-15D, NICKNAMED " ANIMAL " TAIL #1062. I HAVE MANY PICTURES OF MY JET IN THE TITLE GRAPHICS ABOVE. IT IS MY FIRST ACTIVE TWO SEATER AIRCRAFT, UP UNTIL NOW, I'VE ONLY WORKED WITH STATIC F-15A,B AND ACTIVE C MODELS. I'VE SEEN THE F-15E MODELS AND THEY'RE INPRESSIVE, BUT I THINK I WANT TO STICK WITH THE C AND D MODELS." ANIMAL" IS A FORMER WING KING JET, WHICH MEANS THAT IT WAS THE FAVORITE OF THE GENERAL AT THE BASE.

I WORK WITH THE AIR FORCE WEAPONS SCHOOL, HERE AT NELLIS AFB. THE WEAPONS SCHOOL TEACHES TACTICS TO THE TOP PERCENTAGE OF THE PILOTS IN THE AIRFORCE, THE TOP GUNS OF THE AIR FORCE. THAT'S WHY I CALL IT THE "USAF TOP GUN SCHOOL". WE ALSO HAVE THE RED, GREEN, AND OTHER COLOR FLAGS EXERCISES AT NELLIS. THE THUNDERBIRDS HOME IS LOCATED HERE, AND THEY ARE UNDER THE 57th WING'S COMMAND. NELLIS WILL BE THE FIRST BASE IN THE WORLD TO TRAIN PILOTS HOW TO FLY THE F-22 RAPTOR. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS AN F-22? CLICK TO FIND OUT.

My Bio: I was born in Danville, PA, October 3, 1979, but I was raised in Shamokin,PA. It is a small town about 50 miles north of Harrisburg, the state capital. I graduated from Shamokin Area High School, and also attended the Northumberland County Area Vocational-Technical School for three years.

At the Vo-Tech, I took Electrical Construction to learn how to be an electrician. I took courses on electrical theory, and worked with residential and industrial wiring. Later in my Junior year, I started to learn Programmable Logic Controllers, which have to do with "Automation Engineering". I worked on the programs called and which were two different programs designed to accomplish the same goal. Intellution works with Windows, and has a large amount of graphics and animations that the operator can use to run the program. Modsoft is a more simple, ladder diagram program that works with DOS. It has a quicker response time as compared with Intellution, but has no graphics or animation besides a blinking ladder diagram.

"Me and my good old Firebird"

I joined the Air Force for many reasons, money, travel, free food, etc. I went to basic training a week after my graduation, and spent six weeks at , San Antonio, TX. I graduated basic on July 31, from the Training Squadron, flight 458.

My instructors were: Msgt Maughn, Tsgt Horne, Ssgt Yount, Ssgt Worstall, Cadet Wheary.

After basic, I went to , Wichita Falls,TX to learn how to be a crew chief. This was my "cold" phase of my training, where I worked on static aircraft that didn't fly.I sewed on my first stripe here, and went from Airman Basic (AB; E-1), to Airman (AMN; E-2). I was stationed there from August 3rd till December 23rd.I was assigned to the 362nd training squadron " Crew Dogs ". My instructors were: Mr. Bullard ( Aircraft Fundamentals ), Ssgt T. Lewis, Tsgt R. Mitchell, Tsgt R. Bouzon.

After I went on leave during Christmas, I went to , Panama City, FL. Here, I learned some critical tasks on actual, flying aircraft. I launched, recovered, and serviced, among other things during my short stay there. The beach is really nice there, and the 8 miles of white sand is a private beach for the military. I was stationed there from January 1-29.I crewed with the . My instructors were: Tsgt J. DeMarco and Ssgt J. Johnson.

"Pic from Tyndall"

Now I'm stationed here at Nellis AFB, and my supervisor is Ssgt J. Moffett.I crew at 57AGS/Eagle.I never thought that I'd end up in Las Vegas! The strip is really cool, and the weather here is nice, hot and predictable. I stepped up from Airman (AMN; E-2) to Airman First Class (A1C; E-3) on October 17th.

Click the above bar to see Las Vegas weather.

"The Strip going West"

My military awards and decorations so far: Airman of the Month, given to me by my recruter, Tsgt J. Irvine; Expert Marksman M-16; Basic training ribbon. Distinguished Graduate, AETC, 82nd Wing, Sheppard AFB.

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