Bob Avery:  

Posted Feb 2010 Greetings All! I left Montgomery City immediately after graduation to join the Air Force with a big dream of seeing the world and growing up to be a pilot. After two years of enlisted service, including tours in Georgia and Thailand, I was fortunate to get a full-ride AF scholarship in 1974. I returned to Mizzou and graduated with a B.S. in Business in 1978. Upon graduation I was commissioned back into the AF then sent to AF pilot training in Phoenix for one year. My follow-on assignment was to Germany flying the OV-10 Bronco. Next was to Florida in the F-15 Eagle - the airplane I dreamed of flying. I left the active duty AF in 1987 after my Florida tour and transfered to the Georgia Air Guard in Atlanta where I continued to fly the F-15. I retired from the military 1n 1996 with 20 years service. In 1987, concurrent with my GA Air Guard tour, I joined FedEx. Today I'm a captain flying the MD-11, mostly international. I love travel so I'm fortunate to see the world on a monthly basis. FedEx trips take me to Europe, Asia, South America, the South Pacific, the Middle East and even into Iraq in support of the troops. God Bless our young men and women serving around the world. I married Sally Clark (MC Class of '73) in 1976. We had two beautiful daughters, Amanda and Rebecca. Sally and I were divorced in 1989. I remarried in 1991. Wife #2 came with no kids and we ...Expand for more