Flying combat sorties and pushing airplanes to their limits may bear little resemblance to running the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). But a four-and-a-half-year stint as a RHIC operator provided skills and a taste of high-pressure teamwork for U.S. Air Force fighter/test pilot and evaluator Jordan Ziegler.Meet Jordan Ziegler: Air Force Test Pilot and Former RHIC Operator
July 15, 2026
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Flying combat sorties and pushing airplanes to their limits may bear little resemblance to running the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). But a four-and-a-half-year stint as a RHIC operator provided skills and a taste of high-pressure teamwork for U.S. Air Force fighter/test pilot and evaluator Jordan Ziegler.
