Pete Fesler has the image of the first time he flew with his younger brother Micah in the Air Force burned into his memory.
They were in F-15s, training for air-to-air combat in Alaska about 15 years ago and ended up alongside each other as their simulated battle raged.
“I very specifically remember looking over at the other airplane sitting about 2 miles off of my wing and thinking, ‘That’s my brother, and nobody can beat us right now.’ It was like an emotional force multiplier,” Pete Fesler said.
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Pete Fesler has the image of the first time he flew with his younger brother Micah in the Air Force burned into his memory.
They were in F-15s, training for air-to-air combat in Alaska about 15 years ago and ended up alongside each other as their simulated battle raged.
“I very specifically remember looking over at the other airplane sitting about 2 miles off of my wing and thinking, ‘That’s my brother, and nobody can beat us right now.’ It was like an emotional force multiplier,” Pete Fesler said.
“That’s the first time it happened, and we have had that happen multiple times in our career since then. I can’t think of anybody else, if we had to go to war, he’s the guy I’d want to go with. No doubt about it.”
Pete and Micah Fesler, sons of a steelworker, grew up in the shadow of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, sharing dreams of flying jets like the ones they saw at nearby Hill Air Force Base.
But the pair not only fly, they also each command a complement of the Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet at Langley Air Force Base, the F-22 Raptor.
Col. Pete Fesler, 44, heads the Air Force’s 1st Fighter Wing. Lt. Col. Micah Fesler, 41, directs the Virginia Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Squadron.
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