So a couple of weeks ago when the Seahawks went down to Ft. Lewis to train with the soldiers Joe was super pumped. However, he was somewhat disappointed when he came home because his day was predominantly spent speaking to elementary school kids. He admitted it was important and a good thing to do, but part of him was sad he didn't get to spend the day checking out man-sized toys (AKA fighter jets). In comes the silver lining... some of the officers at Ft. Lewis felt bad that some of the guys like Joe didn't get a play day at the fort, so they offered for them to come back for a personal flight and tour. Talk about a dream come true for someone like Joe. Here are some pics from his big day...
Joe's ride for the day- a refueling tanker for the US Air Force (same thing that Justin does in Qatar)
Um, they're really, really big
Can't they just use auto-pilot?
The view from Joe's plan- an F-15 fighter jet flying by, no big deal
What's cooler than one F-15 on your flank? Two
Flying just above an F-15
The bottom of the tankers have windows, so you can see out (pretty sweet)
The probe on the left needs to be hooked up to the gas tank on the F-15... (Joe said it is really hard to connect, and the pilots are cussing the whole time trying to line it up)
They did it!
A zoomed in shot
3 comments:
SOOOOO cool!! i think i'd pee my pants but it looks awesome
WOW! I bet that Joe was 'quivering' with excitement the whole time. That looks pretty rad.
WOW that is amazing! So cool of Joe to get that opportunity...I bet he'll be talking about it forever!
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