Where Are They Now? — Jason Forest

Where are they now seems very appropriate for me, since even those I communicate with often have to constantly ask me that.

After my mission in Tucson, I returned to and graduated from the Air Force Academy in 94. I attended pilot training in North Texas, F-15 training in North Florida in 96, then moved to Virginia where I was a pilot at Langley AFB. I got married in 96 and we had our first child, Jordan, in Virginia. We moved to Texas in 99, where I taught pilot training and we had our second child, Cade. In 02 we moved to Okinawa, Japan, where I returned to flying F-15s. In 05 I was lucky enough to get my dream job, which is flying F-15 Operational Test at Nellis AFB, in Las Vegas. I help the Air Force develop new capabilities for a very old fighter. Kind of like teaching an old dog new tricks, but faster.

The last couple of years have brought some needed life changes. I have accepted a full-time position in the Air Force Reserves doing the same job I was doing active duty. This allows me to continue to do the job that I love, but I no longer have to move around. So it looks like Vegas for the foreseeable future. I am also newly, and happily single. I am exited about new opportunities in this area and subsequently just got called to be the single adult coordinator for our ward…go figure.

I have great memories of PHS. Mostly they involve trying to keep up with Lance Garvin, Scott Miller, Andy Horton and Clark Bayles. Always trying to be cool by association, I just hoped that whatever girls they were pursuing had a fifth friend. Look forward to seeing everyone in June!

Most Ebarrassing/Funny Moment from High School

• Broke my jaw in a horrific ten speed accident on the way home from football practice my sophmore year. Had braces wired shut for 3 weeks.

Jason





Published in the Provonian, May 20, 1988:

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