F-15E Weapons Systems Officer shatters 1,000 flight hour mark [Image 4 of 16]

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN

11.22.2009

Photo by Senior Airman Felicia Juenke  

455th Air Expeditionary Wing   

Brig. Gen. Steven Kwast (Pilot- front seat) and Capt. Ryan Bone (Weapons-Systems Officer- back seat) is marshaled into a parking spot after landing Nov. 22, 2009. Today marked a very important day for Bone, he surpassed 1,000 flying hours. "It feels good, reaching 1,000 hours in my first assignment," he said. "Not a lot of guys do that." Bone is deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and hails from Gainesville, Fla. Kwast, the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, was previously stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB as the wing commander.

• Date Taken: 11.22.2009
• Date Posted: 11.22.2009 13:27
• Photo ID: 226006
• VIRIN: 091122-F-4859J-020
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 316.52 KB
• Location: BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF