Thunderbirds announce 2009 officer selections

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Thunderbirds announce 2009 officer selections

Post by Lawndart » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:21 pm

Two firsts: The 2009 selections include a National Guard and Reserve pilot (Majors Routt and Gustafson, respectively) to serve on the Air Force's premier demonstration team.

2009 selections
#2 Capt. Jacob Hammons, F-15C/T-38 IP pilot.
#4 Maj. Sean Gustafson, F-16 pilot.
#6 Maj. Richard Goodman, F-15E pilot.
#7 Maj. Derek Routt, F-15C pilot.
#10 Capt. Petrina Hansen
#11 Capt. Jamie Rempel
#12 TBA later this summer.

http://www.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123101224
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Re: Thunderbirds announce 2009 officer selections

Post by Tailhook » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:16 am

Lawndart wrote:#6 Maj. Richard Goodman, F-15E pilot.
Not only does he fly my second favorite jet, but he is also a Good man! :roll: :lol: :D
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Post by Blaze » Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:46 am

It's good to see a National Guard and Reserve pilot on the team, at the same time too! 8)
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Post by FutureThunderbird » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:25 am

Anyone know the name of the maintenance officer, it must have gotten changed sometime because it is now some Major, just not sure on the name.
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Post by Lawndart » Fri May 22, 2009 1:11 pm

Two officers from the initial selection are no longer with the team and replaced by:

#2 Maj. John Baum
#11 Maj. David A. Lemery
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