Jeff Johnson:  

Life Jul 08 Update - The Air Force moved me out to the East Coast. I now work for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Washington D.C. If you make it out this way, send me an email so we can get together. Wow! I can't believe it's been 26 years since I graduated from Glenburn High School (Go Panthers!). A lot of things have happened since then. After graduating from Glenburn in 1981 I went to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado where I graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 and got my commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force (Go Air Force!). I finished undergraduate navigator training at Mather Air Force Base in California (near Sacramento) in 1986, which is where I met and dated my wife, who I married in 1988. After graduating from Nav School I got an assignment to Grissom AFB in Indiana, where I was stationed from 1987 - 1993. During that time I flew in the KC-135, which is a tanker aircraft that provides aerial refueling to other Air Force and Navy jets. I really enjoyed my time at Grissom. I got to travel all over the world, met a lot of great friends, and got to fly special operations air refueling missions during the invasion of Panama and also during Operation Desert Storm. In 1993 I was lucky enough to get picked to go to the First Airlift Squadron at Andrews AFB, Maryland just outside of Washington D.C. I flew in the big blue and white Boeing 707s that carried the Vice President, First Lady, Secretary of State, Sec Def, Senators, and Congressmen. I also got to do a few back up missions for the President's Air Force One trips while I was there. Andrews AFB was easily the best assignment I've had during my AF career. During the 5 1/2 years I was there I went on over 150...Expand for more