Early life and military career[edit] Born in Tampa, Florida, Kittinger was educated at the Bolles

Therefore, was accepted into the Air Force academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado in which he excelled from the start. He was selected as one out of a dozen other freshman trainees to train fly gliders. (A skill that very well may have come in handy decades later when his engines failed) By the end of that year, he had been chosen as an instructor pilot. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot for seven years in the time of 1973 to 1980. He flew Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom II jets. He was a training officer and flight leader, he also acquired the rank of captain whilst he was training at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. He was a commander in red flag exercises. (Red Flag exercises are a form of training where pilots receive advanced aerial combat training.) He also took part in the aircraft accident investigation

To begin with, he enlisted instead of being drafted into the military and did not have a choice in the assignment he was given. On December 12, 1962, he joined the United States Air Force becoming a member of the 186th TAC Recon Group in Meridian, MS. His basic training was at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, and he attended technical school at Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, IL, training to be a general purpose vehicle mechanic. His two instructors for basic

From 1925 to 1926 he attended Command and General Staff school,Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and graduated first in a class of 245.

pleuritis. At the point when the agony and trouble of breathing completely left him, and his family were

Luckily he made it off the operating table alive, despite the fact that the tube had slipped too far. However, he was paralyzed on his left side and died a few weeks later.

was spun around in the dark so many times he lost all sense of gravity.

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, more commonly known as “Eddie”, was the third of eight children, born to William and Elizabeth Rickenbacker in Columbus, Ohio on October 8, 1890. Just as most adolescent boys, he went through a defiant stage. As a child, he was quite the delinquent, for he began smoking at the age of 5 and often spent time with a group of ornery kids called the “Horsehead Gang.” He was quickly whipped into shape by his father, however, who tragically died at a construction site in 1904. Due to the absence of his father and the toll it took on his family, Rickenbacker quit school at age 12 and brought it upon himself to assume the position as the provider for his family. His longing for aviation did not start at this time, but during World War I. Even so, he made his impact on history during the 20th century through his many successes in aerial warfare.

The Air Force space school was closed in 1966, as NASA took over the training of astronauts. During the Vietnam War, Yeager -- now a full colonel -- commanded the 405th fighter wing out of the Philippines, flying 127 air-support missions, and training bomber pilots.

First he had tachycardia which is when the heart rate is abnormally high. Because of the tachycardia, there is less time for the heart to pump blood to the other parts of the body. Since not enough blood is going to the heart, body and the brain, he lost consciousness.

“He was dead weight. There was no twitching or flopping. Kiowa, who saw it happen, said it was like watching a rock fall, or a big sandbag or something—just boom, then down—not like the movies where the dead guy rolls around and does fancy spins and goes ass over teakettle—not like that, Kiowa said, the poor bastard just flat-fuck fell. Boom. Down. Nothing else” (13, 14).

SGT Reinhardt swore into the U.S. Army on 17 September 2012 out of Niagara Falls, NY where he reported to Fort Benning, GA to complete Basic Combat Training. Prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army, SGT Reinhardt graduated High School from West Seneca West Senior High School in 2010. Upon completion of BCT, SGT Reinhardt reported to Fort Gordon, GA to study and later be awarded the MOS, 25Q. After graduating from AIT, SGT Reinhardt received orders to Fort Bragg, NC.

Now, with the ground racing toward him, Sal tugged desperately at the chute’s ripcord. Nothing. At 10,000 feet, he’d given the thumbs-up to Matt and flung himself out into the darkening sky. Despite the countless number of jumps he’d done, those first few seconds were always filled with terror before quickly giving away to the elation and awe at feeling the force of gravity work upon

was born in Rio Grande City, Texas, on 26 June 1922. He attended High School in Mercedes, graduating in 1939, and then went on to Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for two years prior to his enlistment in the Marine Corps on 3 July 1942 in Harlingen, Texas.

 In 1957 he found a job at Avondale ship yard as a welder, until he was drafted by Uncle Sam to Germany in 1958 where he remained for two years. The

involved back at Houston very well. Jim Lovell’s piloting skills played a rold in the