WEBVTT 00:01.662 --> 00:06.662 (upbeat sound) 00:10.520 --> 00:11.750 - [Andrew] From a very young age, 00:11.750 --> 00:14.233 I knew that I wanted to be an aviator. 00:15.910 --> 00:18.550 My dad told me, hey, you should be a boom operator. 00:18.550 --> 00:21.400 He showed me pictures from his day back in the Air Force. 00:22.500 --> 00:24.850 It's the best career in the Air Force for sure. 00:29.120 --> 00:31.210 The boom operator is the sole responsibility 00:31.210 --> 00:33.260 for anything in the back of the aircraft. 00:36.500 --> 00:38.520 As a boom operator on the KC-135, 00:38.520 --> 00:41.143 our mission is basically global reach. 00:45.220 --> 00:49.113 Fighters can only stay up for an hour or two at a time, 00:51.930 --> 00:53.690 but with their refilling, they're able to stay up 00:53.690 --> 00:55.473 eight, nine hours if they need to. 00:56.450 --> 00:57.570 There's no other career field 00:57.570 --> 01:00.180 where you get to see the amount of aircraft we do 01:00.180 --> 01:01.400 or the amount of places we do 01:01.400 --> 01:04.390 and get to work with some great people. 01:04.390 --> 01:06.290 I'm Tech Sergeant Andrew Birmingham 01:06.290 --> 01:09.203 and I am a Boom Operator at the 117th Air Refueling Wing. 01:12.193 --> 01:17.193 (playful upbeat music)