Page last updated 25 March 2007

CW4 Benjamin P. Bushong

Who am I?

Howdy there! My name is Benjamin Peter Bushong. I'm originally from Texas, born in Garland on December 22, 1967 (11 pounds, 13 ounces), to Merton and Carolyn Bushong. I have three brothers (Phil, Paul, and Tom), and one sister (Liz). When I was about 10 months old, we moved to Lucas, Texas, where Mom, Dad, and Liz have lived ever since. That was kind of nice, because I never had to change schools at all or any of that jazz.

I graduated in 1986 from Allen High School, 9th in my class of 218 students, and joined the U.S. Army as an Airframe Repairer (MOS 68G) for four years, intending from the start to attend Warrant Officer Flight Training. After about two years of enlisted service, I decided that I'd had enough, and put in my flight school packet, and was accepted. About a year and a half later (July 1990), I was a Warrant Officer One, flying Chinooks (CH-47D). Past tours include:

Jul 86-Oct 86	Ft. Dix, NJ	Basic Training
Oct 86-Feb 87	Ft. Eustis, VA	Advanced Individual Training (68G)
Feb 87-Feb 88	Uijongbu, Korea	Aircraft Structural Repairer
Feb 88-Mar 89	Ft. Bragg, NC	Aircraft Structural Repairer
Mar 89-Jul 90	Ft. Rucker, AL	Flight School/CH-47D Aircraft Qualification Course
Jul 90-Jul 93	Howard AFB, Panama	Operational Chinook Pilot
Jul 93-Apr 96	Ft. Hood, TX	Operational Chinook Pilot
Apr 96-Sep 98	Ft. Campbell, KY	Operational Chinook Pilot
Sep 98-Jan 99	Ft. Rucker, AL	Maintenance Officer/Test Pilot Course CH-47D
Jan 99-Feb 05	Ft. Campbell, KY	Maintenance Test Pilot
Feb 05-Feb 06	Taegu, South Korea	Maintenance Test Pilot/Production Control Officer
Feb 06 to Dec 06	Ft. Campbell, KY	Maintenance Test Pilot
Jan 07 to Nov 07	Ft. Campbell, KY	Maintenance Test Pilot/Quality Control Officer
Nov 07 to Present	Ft. Campbell, KY	Maintenance Test Flight Evaluator/QC Officer

Well, there's about 21 years of my life. In another two years, maybe I’ll retire and move on to something else. I’m still not sure what I want to do when I grow up!!!

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Some Links That I Frequent

The Drudge Report
Free Republic
Jewish World Review
National Skeet Shooting Association

Townhall.com

Hobbies and Interests

Currently, I have too many interests. Some of them are:

My Family.  (They are not one of my too many interests!!) 3 August 2005.

My Computers.  Updated 25 March 2007.

Mountain Biking (sometimes),

Music (Mostly Country, some Pop),

Flying helicopters (my job), airplanes and gyroplanes. This page takes a little time.  Updated 25 March 2007.

Building a Twinstar Gyroplane.  Updated 28 April 2000.

25 March 2007—I sold the Twinstarr on 7 January 2007, but I’ll leave the page up for a little longer for those that want to look at it. Eventually, the page will go away, though.

12 January 2008—The Twinstarr page will be going away any day now. Please contact me at bushong67-1@yahoo.com if you happen to be interested in a .zip file with the pictures.

Rappelling. Updated 10 Jan 99.

Firearms,mostly skeet shooting.  Updated 1 March 00.

Here are some of my pet peeves and thoughts  (my own thoughts, so be prepared). Updated 25 March 2007.

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