21 years, 8 months, 1 day....retire Oct 1, 2006. Served my time. Enjoyed it. Time to move on.. . Hey, I hated airplanes too...especially the lousy A.F. pilots who flew them...that's why I jumped out of them every chance I got. I think they enjoyed seeing how many of us would fall down while we were waiting to jump out. That's why they flew like a roller coaster!