Schmidt eclipses 3,000 hours on final F-15E flight
Lt. Col. Eric Schmidt, 334th Fighter Squadron director of operations and pilot, and Maj. Timothy Foery, 334th FS weapon systems officer, take off for a flight in the F-15E Strike Eagle June 17, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Schmidt was completing his final flight in the aircraft, also surpassing 3,000 hours during the same flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chuck Broadway)