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I knew I wanted to be a pilot when I

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was pretty young . I would say probably

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late middle school into early high

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school . I didn't know that I wanted to

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be an Air Force pilot specifically ,

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but I was very fortunate to get in

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touch with the right people that

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allowed me to kind of walk in that

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journey . This job is so

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much more than I think I ever thought

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it was . It is the , the most work I

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think I have ever done in my entire

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life , but also the most rewarding job

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that I have ever done . Just a moment

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and you look out over your wing and you

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see another F-35 there next to you and

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it's an absolute rush . It's kind of a

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sense of . Accomplishment that's not to

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say you're ever done as a pilot you're

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constantly working , you're constantly

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growing , I cannot imagine myself doing

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anything else and it is an absolute

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dream come true for me . At the end of

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the day you get to be a part of our

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future for America and preserving our

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safety and our freedom . I'm Simon

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Little . I'm the youngest wingman in

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the F-35 here at Tyndall Air Force Base

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in the 95th Fighter Squadron , and I'm

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originally from Central North Carolina .