Weapons School...Half Way Through

Completing this week marked the half way point of WIC, and being busy has made the time go fast.  The flying ahead will continue to get better and more difficult at the same time.  Up to this point we have been flying specific missions within the air-to-air and air-to-ground arenas, but we're now beginning to integrate them together using the previous phases as building blocks.

Since my 300' checkout and dropping the live bombs, we've moved on to escort, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), destruction of enemy air defenses (DEAD), and surface attack (SAT).  These phases will be complete, barring any busts, the end of next week before we go into another full week of academics.  My research paper has reached 25 pages, and I'm about 85% through.  This coming Thursday I'll give a 30 min presentation on my topic to the squadron commander, director of operations, paper advisor, and academic advisor.

Being half way through WIC also means Lana and Liam will soon arrive!  They'll be here in early October, just before our 4th wedding anniversary.  Lana has put up with a lot being apart and prego chasing a 16 month old, high energy boy around Germany.  Thanks Lana...your support means a lot!