Airman flying high with elite team

Airman flying high with elite team

(EXCERPT) , By Lisa Horn, Stars and Stripes European edition, Tuesday,
September 16, 2003

Air Force Staff Sgt. Raymond Moose is still in shock.

Last month, the airman, stationed at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey,
discovered that he had earned a spot on the elite U.S. Air Force
Thunderbirds air demonstration team.

“It still hasn’t sunk in for me,” Moose said. “A lot of people have
come up to me and said, ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.’ ”

An aircraft services shift supervisor for the 728th Air Mobility
Squadron, Moose will report to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in
October. He will serve a three-year tour as an airlift coordinator.

“Even though my job is going to be 100 percent behind the scenes, or
90 percent behind the scenes,” Moose said, “the articles [written have
really made...

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