Major Jake “NAILS” Ashmore is an American fighter pilot. He was commissioned into the Air Force in 2006 as a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. Since then, he has served worldwide as a weapons officer, joint mission commander, evaluator pilot, joint operational planning expert, and NATO Delivery Forces Commander. NAILS is a graduate of the elite United States Air Force Weapons School and is nuclear certified senior pilot in the F-15E. He has flown over 100 combat missions around the world in every major theater of war. Following graduation from the Woodrow Wilson School, he plans to continue serving in the world’s greatest Air Force as an F-15E pilot. NAILS spent his summer with his amazing wife, Ieva, and his four incredible children while finishing his duties in England and visiting his 10 siblings and their families.