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The sun rose over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and aircraft began departing for the Air force’s annual green flag exercises.
After several early morning hours of prepping information for various operations, intelligence officer and then lieutenant, Richard Bergeron, took in the scene from the ramp. Despite years of service and accomplishment, one very important goal eluded him: earning the coveted wings of an Air Force aviator.
In 2008, less than 10 years prior to his commissioning, Bergeron enlisted in the Air Force as a cryptologic language analyst. During basic training he was assigned to learn Korean and spent two years at the Defense Language Institute developing proficiency. This was coupled with the completion of enlisted intelligence training at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Texas. Following training, he spent four years at Osan Air Base, South Korea, assigned to the 303rd Intelligence Squadron and two years with the 94th Intelligence Squadron out of Fort
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