Flying the Line, An Air Force Pilot's Journey: Pilot Training, Vietnam, SAC, 1970-1979
Jay Lacklenis a retired Air Force reserve Lt Col with 12,500 flying hours who teaches Air Force pilot training simulators at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. He flew in all major military actions from Vietnam to the 2003 Iraq War. Lacklen graduated in 1969 from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill with an American history degree and is married with four grown daughters and one grandchild.