I am Tech Sergeant Jared Hilderbrand and I'm a C-130 flight engineer. The job is very gratifying. I've traveled all over the world. I've been as far north as Iceland, as far as South as Puerto Rico, as far west as India, and as far as the Middle East. As a flight engineer, you are the only enlisted member in the flight deck. You're surrounded by pilots and navigators in the flanda. You are responsible for all the systems of the aircraft, whether it's hydraulic, electrical, air conditioning, pressurization, fuel. You are responsible for all the aircraft commander relies on us every minute of every flight. If we weren't there, they can't start engines. Test management is key because at all times you are monitoring the engines. You're running the field panel, you're doing takeoff of landing data. You're calling checklist. At all times you're doing something. It's interesting to me knowing so much about the airplane. Learning an aircraft is very difficult, but it's very rewarding at the end of the day.