Second Lt. Kyle Wheeler once prepared weapons for F-15C Eagles as an air munitions maintenance operator. After earning a commission and completing the initial stages of learning to fly, he is now ready to climb into the cockpit and fire the weapons he once loaded. Wheeler is a a Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program graduate with the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Robert McIlrath)