If you’ve been around Cleveland this past weekend, chances are, you’ve heard the roar of jet engines zipping through the skies. The Cleveland Air Show is back, and one local leader got closer to the action than most.

“I never used the word awesome correctly until Friday,” John Litten said Sunday, two days after he got to ride along with the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds.

Every year, the Cleveland Air Show selects a “hometown hero” to honor with a ride-along. This year, it was Litten, the president and CEO of Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity.

“I’m not quite sure I’m a hero,” Litten said. “I think I’m surrounded by heroes at work every day, including our staff and volunteers, but [it’s] just an excellent opportunity to get to do something once in a lifetime.”

Litten said he wasn’t

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