In a little less than a month we will be on our way to Spangdahlem, Gemany to start our next assignment, enjoying Lufthansa business class enroute (Lana is still on flight attendant maternity leave). Before then, we have to drop a car at the Charleston, SC port, pack up our house, and receive Liam and Lillian's passports in the mail. Thankfully, the extent of our packing is essentially organizing our things for the moving company to pack. We have three different shippments starting the 3rd of April and our house should be empty by the 11th. Thankfully we already have renters for our house, who move in on the 16th of April.
Lana and I are really looking forward to being in Europe again and look forward to the many travel opportunities. Castles, the Alps, gasthof's, schnitzel and more await us! Our first stop will be in Munich to visit Lana's family there. I'm taking three weeks off so that we can relax a bit and spend some time in the German Alps before getting back into the work routine. I think I mentioned this previously, but it is a blessing to be stationed at Spangdahlem. I know of other F-16 pilots who have not been to Europe at all, and we'll have been at both European F-16 bases.
Once at Spangdahlem, we will be living on base until we're able to find a house off base we like. So far Lana and I have a town we think we'd like to live in, but we'll have to see what it's like in person first. We'll also be buying a second car...we just sold Lana's this past Sunday after advertising it on the internet for one day. The Air Force will only ship one of our vehicles overseas. Once we're somewhat settled, I'll start flying in the 480th Fighter Squadron and eventually take over as their Weapons Offcer sometime mid summer. My job title will be "Chief of Weapons and Tactics." While here at Shaw I've been instructing a lot, but have not been a squadron "patch" yet. As the schedule stands right now, I have 3-4 flights left here at Shaw before we move...the time is passing fast!
