In 2004 Justin Dumais was at the Olympic Games in Athens diving from 3 meters into the water. Now he is diving from 20,000 feet while dropping precision weapons onto targets. The former Olympian used to dive with his brother Troy in the men's synchronized three-meter springboard diving event. Troy is competing again in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics, but Justin has left the diving world for the dog-fighting world and flying F-16s for the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Columbia, S.C. 1st Lt. Dumais is currently attending the Night Systems Training Course at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona while his brother and former partner is participating in an individual diving event in China. While Dumais misses diving and would have loved to compete in the Olympics with his brother again, he is definitely happy with his current gig and believes his diving experiences prepared him for being a Viper driver. "I spent my entire life getting ready for seven seconds of competition," he said. "That is pretty much what we do everyday here flying F-16s. You never know when you will be called to go do your job. Generally, it is in a split second when you need to pickle off a bomb or strafe a target. [Diving] definitely lends itself to what I'm doing now."I can already envision the next crossover headline: Stripper Trades G-String For G-Suit
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