?»?A 1979 Honor Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Top Graduate of his pilot training class, U.S Air Force Experimental Test Pilot, and combat veteran in the F-111F. Jim "Jos?©" Jimenez was an Instructor Pilot and Flight Examiner in T-38, F-15 and F-111. In 1986, he was the youngest F-111F Aircraft Commander to participate in Operation Eldorado Canyon, the raid against Libya, and successfully struck his target. Following his graduation from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Jim spent six years in developmental flight test, which included aircraft envelope expansion and prototype certification at Eglin AFB and the Western National Test Ranges. He was personally responsible for the integration and certification of numerous new weapons systems on the F-111 and F-15, as well as initial certification and flight envelope expansion of unique, one-of-a-kind prototype aircraft.