Schmidt eclipses 3,000 hours on final F-15E flight
Lt. Col. Tracy Schmidt, 4th Operations Group executive officer, and her daughter, greet husband and father Lt. Col. Eric Schmidt, 334th Fighter Squadron director of operations, following his final F-15E Strike Eagle flight June 17, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. During his last flight, Schmidt surpassed 3,000 hours in the aircraft, a coveted milestone according to many in the Strike Eagle community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chuck Broadway)