Fourteen years ago, he stood in the crowd watching jets fly over Beaver Stadium before a football game, dreaming he would be the pilot in one of those jets some day...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailNow, Saturday, former Penn State Icer Charles Joe Bassett III will be.
Before the Penn State Nittany Lions kick off their clash with the Ohio State Buckeyes, Bassett will lead one of four F-16 jets over the stadium.
Bassett, who moved to Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Ariz., in March, will lead three other members of his squadron over Beaver Stadium Saturday - Michigan grad Maj. Eric Parker, USC grad Capt. Cesar Orozco, and fellow Penn State alum Capt. Tamerlane Kangas, Class of 2001.
[This post dedicated to our parents, who met at Lackland Air Force Base, and to our own flying basset (hound), Maggie, who earned tracking and agility titles before passing away in 2006.]
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