John Sales:  

9/3/2015 Greetings friends and classmates! With the class of '75 40th reunion happening this month one's thoughts turn to fun memories and a lifetime of friends. If anyone is interested here's a condensed history of life after high school for me; Attended ECC while working at Roy's Chuckwagon and then Cruise-A-Home (luxury houseboats) in Everett. In January of '77 I began basic training for USAF at Lackland AFB, San Antonio and then attended USAF School of Applied Aerospace Sciences at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas. Graduated with Honors and was transferred to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho where I was a maintenance crew chief on F-111 fighter/bombers. Supported several temporary duty assignments around the world including Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, Korea, New Zealand, and Alaska before transferring to AF Reserve at McChord AFB, Wa. Worked C-141 Starlifter maintenance for four years while concurrently beginning a career at Boeing Aircraft in Everett. Purchased acreage outside Arlington in late '86 after working 747 and 767 Preflight and Delivery on the Boeing Flightline. Began a one year sabbatical from Boeing in '86 to attend USAF Flight Engineer training in Altus, Ok. I returned to Boeing in 1987 and moved to Arlington while maintaining flight status at McChord as C-141 Flight Engineer, USAF Reserves. Accumulated over 2500 flight hours supporting routine and contingency missions around the globe, including over 600 flight hours in support of Desert Shield/Desert Storm after being recalled to active duty. I retired from the Air Force Reserve in January of 2001 as a Master Sergeant (E-7) with Master Aircrew wings. My flying career took me to numerous States and foreign locations including Australia, New Zealand, the Aleutian Islands and Alaska, Puerto Rico, Sicily, Kwajalein Atoll, Japan, Guam, Korea, the Philippine...Expand for more