Carlos Sagraves:
CLASS OF 1976
Westland High SchoolClass of 1976
Galloway, OH
American Public UniversityClass of 2006
Charles town, WV
Carlos's Story
Life
In September 1976 I married and in October of the same year I joined the US Air Force. After Air Force Basic training and Technical training to be an aircraft mechanic I was assigned to Plattsburgh AFB in upstate New York. In April 1977 my oldest son was born. Eighteen months after arriving in New York I was reassigned to Germany. I spent two years at Hahn AB as an aircraft Crew Chief. I was getting tired of repairing airplanes and decided I would rather fly so I applied for retraining as a Flight Engineer. In April 1980 my wife and I seperated (she didn't care for military life) and in September my second son was born I also rotated back to the States and was assigned to Pope AFB, NC. In January 1981 my wife and I were divorced. In May 1981 I began six months of retrain...Expand for more
ing as a C-130 Flight Engineer. In September 1984 I married a beautiful woman and we are still together. In July of 1985 we were assigned to Little Rock AFB, AR were I was an Instructor Flight Engineer. In March 1989 my first daughter was born. In November 1989 my family and I were reassigned to Pope AFB, NC just in time for me to go to Panama for Operation Just Cause. Then in August I was sent to Oman for Operation Desert Shield. I was only able to spend a little over 30 days there because of some medical problems that forced me to leave. In Febuary 1994 my youngest daughter was born. I retired from active duty in November 1996 after 20 years. I now teach C-130 Simulator refresher to Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard Pilots and Flight Engineers in Atlanta, Ga.
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