It's hard to say goodbye

Lt. Col. Jason Brenneman, 4th Operations Support Squadron operations flight commander, and Maj. John Fotheringham, 4th Training Squadron chief of courseware development, taxi in after completing Brenneman's final flight in the F-15E Strike Eagle on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. Brenneman is conducting a permanent change of station to the Air Force Academy as the airfield director of operations. Brenneman is from Lexington, Mo., and Fotheringham hails from Harrison, Neb.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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It's hard to say goodbye

Lt. Col. Jason Brenneman, 4th Operations Support Squadron operations flight commander, and Maj. John Fotheringham, 4th Training Squadron chief of courseware development, take a moment to commemorate Brenneman's final flight in the F-15E Strike Eagle on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. Brenneman has been flying for more than 16 years. Brenneman hails from Lexington, Mo., and Fotheringham is from Harrison, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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It's hard to say goodbye

Lt. Col. Jason Brenneman, 4th Operations Support Squadron operations flight commander, is hosed by his daughters, Alyssa, 8, and Marlena, 4, after his final flight in the F-15E Strike Eagle on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. Brenneman has served in the Air Force for more than 17 years and will continue his career at the Air Force Academy as the airfield director of operations. Brenneman is from Lexington, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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It's hard to say goodbye

Lt. Col. Jason Brenneman, 4th Operations Support Squadron operations flight commander, takes a moment with his wife, Lisa, and children, Alyssa, 8, Marlena, 4, and Joshua, 6, to commemorate his final flight in the F-15E Strike Eagle on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. Brenneman is leaving Seymour Johnson to serve as the airfield director of operations at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Brenneman hails from Lexington, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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It's hard to say goodbye

Published March 16, 2010
By Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs
4th Figther Wing Public Affairs

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- The 4th Operations Support Squadron operations flight commander flew his final F-15E Strike Eagle mission from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12.

Lt. Col. Jason Brenneman has been flying for more than 16 years.

Upon landing, Brenneman's daughters hosed him down before his fellow co-workers toasted him. This celebration is part of the Air Force tradition of commemorating a flyer's last flight at a base.

Brenneman said his most memorable experience in the Air Force was flying combat sorties in support of Operation Allied Force over Kosovo in 1999. Brenneman also said to him the most important aspect of the Air Force is the people and the quality and professionalism are unmatched in any other branch.