The Hero of Flight 1549

Sully! Real American Hero

As if I wasn't pumped that everyone survived today's harrowing adventures on the Hudson, now I really have a reason to brag on my Air Force roots, thanks of course, to the handy stick and rudder action displayed by America's latest hero, Sully Sullenberger III (no relation).

The Hero Of Flight 1549

Veteran pilot, 57, safely landed US Airways jet in Hudson River

JANUARY 15--Meet Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III, the US Airways pilot who today amazingly crash-landed a US Airways jet in New York's Hudson River without any apparent fatalities. The heroic Sullenberger, 57, has worked for US Airways since 1980, and before that spent more than six years as a U.S. Air Force F-4 fighter pilot.

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Check out my man Sully's resume here.

Thank God for dudes like this. Because for the amount of tools that have worn the AF Blue in our service's 60+ years, there are some pretty incredible folks that help balance things out.