Now, he has a front row seat to watch the men and women of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex “perform minor miracles each and every day” that translate into operational success for the Air Force. “I quickly bonded with the career field and the people doing the work. “I realized I wanted to be as close to the mission as possible,” he said. When that didn’t pan out, he turned to aircraft maintenance.
“When I was a youngster, I just wanted to fly jets,” said King. When he was in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Loyola Marymount University, a young Jeff King never dreamed of becoming a major general in the United States Air Force.