# @af_academy on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVRNdkRkrPo - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57941815-af-academy-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f9aeb8cbdb.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-02-27T16:58:42.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) โ€” https://gondola.cc/af_academy ## Caption ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐‚๐Ÿ๐‚ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง "๐‰๐š๐œ๐ค" ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ โš”๏ธ Meet C1C John "Jack" Rust III from Monclova, Ohio! ๐ŸŒฝ An Electrical and Computer Engineering major, Jack chose #USAFA to push himself and to serve and protect his country. He comes from a proud military family, with one grandfather having served in the usarmy and the other in the usnavy. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jack is pursuing a career as a usairforce pilot, driven by a lifelong passion for aviation. โœˆ๏ธ He was selected through the Graduate Studies Program to attend the ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ to earn his masterโ€™s in Computer Engineering. ๐ŸŽ“ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ: โœˆ๏ธ ๐’๐š๐›๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ. Performed at air shows while representing the Academy with precision and pride ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ž๐‚๐… ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ. Built character and community through shared faith ๐ŸŽฏ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐Ÿ‘ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ. Planned and executed the 2025 VALEX, gained insight into operational-level military planning The Academy prepared him for the challenges of leading in todayโ€™s Air Force through mentors, commanders and instructors who provide real-time feedback from their operational experience, deployments and extensive career fields. โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ.โ€ Drop a ๐Ÿ‘ to cheer Jack on! #FirstieFriday #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #WarfightersToWin #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #NoQuitAllGrit #USAFA2026 ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 3,792 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 22 ## Tags usafa2026, firstiefriday, criticalthinkerstoadapt, warfighterstowin, usafa, noquitallgrit, leadersofcharacterandquality --- Copyright (c) Gondola