A pair of T-38 Talon aircrafts prepare to take off
A pair of T-38 Talon aircrafts prepare to take off July 15, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base Miss. Air Education and Training Command uses the T-38 to prepare pilots for front-line fighter and bomber aircraft s... More
Vance Holds Quarterly Resilience Training
Capts. Andrew Davis (left) and Ken Ellington, instructor pilots from the 3rd Flying Training Squadron, attend a Resiliency Training Assistant class at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 24. The training is a ... More
71st OSS Airmen Control the Skies
Airmen from the 71st Operations Support Squadron at work at the Radar Approach Control facility at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 10. Clearance and Delivery air traffic controllers like the ones you see h... More
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis down the
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis down the runway at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Feb. 29, 2020. The A-10 participated in the Heritage Flight Training Course to achieve airshow certification.... More
71 OSS Airmen perform tower maintenace
Airman 1st Class Jonathan Nye, from the 71st Operations Support Squadron, descends from a communications tower at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 5, 2017. Vance OSS Airmen control hundreds of systems to e... More
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, SERE Instructors evaluated a downed pilot scenario in Jeugaun, Republic of Korea, March 16. With a simulated push to the ground, Capt. Miles Newsom... More
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program student pilot, trains to take off a T-6 Texan II in a Operational Flight Training simulator at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2018. The ... More
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, SERE Instructors evaluated a downed pilot scenario in Jeugaun, Republic of Korea, March 16. With a simulated push to the ground, Capt. Miles Newsom... More
71st MDG Airman shares service story with local media
Senior Airman Tanner Coots at the Aerospace Physiology facility at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 21. The aerospace operational physiology technician is the 71st Flying Training Wing's Warrior of the Week... More
Lt. Col. Jason Turner, right, 80th Flying Training
Lt. Col. Jason Turner, right, 80th Flying Training Wing director of Strategic Initiatives, helps Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet Ian Palmer guide a T-38C Talon through... More
A four-ship formation of T-6 Texan IIs fly over Roanoke
A four-ship formation of T-6 Texan IIs fly over Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Woodrum Field, Virginia. Instructor pilots from the 37th and 48th Flying Training Squadrons at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi wo... More
U.S. Navy Ensign Quinn Nystrom, a student naval flight
U.S. Navy Ensign Quinn Nystrom, a student naval flight officer assigned to Training Squadron 86 (VT-86) from Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., checks his communication system before a training flight at MacDil... More
Capt. Peter Shufeldt, an instructor pilot assigned
Capt. Peter Shufeldt, an instructor pilot assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, puts on his helmet and mask before taking off in the T-6 Texan II, May 2, 2019, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Shufel... More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Sabine Peters, English Language
U.S. Air Force Capt. Sabine Peters, English Language Training Site leader, assigned to 321st Air Expeditionary Wing receives English study books in Kirkuk, Iraq, Oct. 23. U.S. airmen assigned to 521st AEAS cond... More
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, SERE Instructors evaluated a downed pilot scenario in Jeugaun, Republic of Korea, March 16. With a simulated push to the ground, Capt. Miles Newsom... More
Aliyah Negley, 47th Flying Training Wing community
Aliyah Negley, 47th Flying Training Wing community support coordinator, was chosen by wing leadership to be the “XLer of the Week”, for the week of Feb. 7, 2019, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The “XLer” aw... More
Vance Air Force Base Parachute Shop is made up of aircrew
Vance Air Force Base Parachute Shop is made up of aircrew flight equipment technicians who maintain and inspect parachutes for our pilots safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Zoe T. Perkins)
U.S. Air Force Capt William Miller, the executive officer
U.S. Air Force Capt William Miller, the executive officer for the 25 Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base flies in the squadrons T-38 Talon heritage plane on Dec. 10, 2019. The plane was designed to... More
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, SERE Instructors evaluated a downed pilot scenario in Jeugaun, Republic of Korea, March 16. With a simulated push to the ground, Capt. Miles Newsom... More
Student pilots assigned to the 23rd Flying Training
Student pilots assigned to the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Alabama, walk on the flightline at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. on August 19, 2020. The student pilots came to Columbus AFB to comp... More
Vietnam helo ace speaks at Vance
Vietnam Era Army helo ace Bob Ford addresses student pilots at the historic base theater at Vance Air Force Base, Dec. 12. Vance's 71st Student Squadron organizes monthly heritage briefings to offer comprehensi... More
Pilot training at Vance
Student pilots prepare to taxi to the runway in a T-1A Jayhawk June 21, 2017, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-1 is used in advance training for students identified to go into airlift or tanker aircraft... More
Pilots, returning from a flight, greet Santa Claus
Pilots, returning from a flight, greet Santa Claus on the flightline at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2019. As part of an ongoing cooperation between Laughlin and the North Pole, Col. Lee Gentile, 47... More
1st Lt. Patrick Makali, a Kenyan Air Force Airman,
1st Lt. Patrick Makali, a Kenyan Air Force Airman, has his pilot wings pinned on by Capt. Chris Schuette, Makali's former flight commander with the 25th Flying Training Squadron, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklaho... More
Vance pilots from the 3rd Flying Training Squadron
Vance pilots from the 3rd Flying Training Squadron prepare to takeoff in the T-1A Jayhawk Feb. 1, 2018, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-1 is used to train students selected to fly strategic and tactica... More
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, SERE Instructors evaluated a downed pilot scenario in Jeugaun, Republic of Korea, March 16. With a simulated push to the ground, Capt. Miles Newsom... More
Pilots in a T-38C Talon assigned to the 560th Flying
Pilots in a T-38C Talon assigned to the 560th Flying Training Squadron wait for the go-ahead to take off on September 4, 2019 near Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The 560th trains future instructor pilo... More
Col. James Fisher, 14th Flying Training Wing Vice Commander,
Col. James Fisher, 14th Flying Training Wing Vice Commander, speaks at the graduation of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-11 June 30, 2017, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Fisher himse... More
Second Lt. Jason Bentley, 14th Student Squadron student
Second Lt. Jason Bentley, 14th Student Squadron student pilot who is assisting the 14th Security Forces Squadron, works the front gate Oct. 3, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Before entering the ... More
A P-47 Thunderbolt sits on the flight line at Davis-Monthan
A P-47 Thunderbolt sits on the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Feb. 27, 2020. The P-47 performed in the Heritage Flight Training Course, which celebrates past and present aircraft. (U.S. A... More
Army Staff Sgt. Marcus Pratt, Detachment 1 134th Security
Army Staff Sgt. Marcus Pratt, Detachment 1 134th Security and Support Battalion crew chief, goes through a check list of inspections that must be performed on Observation Helicopter-58 Kiowas, April 20. The hel... More
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reserve Officer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadets Preston Tower, left, Alexander Knapp and Ian Palmer fly three T-38C Talons in formation in a mixed reality environment during a flying... More
Airman 1st Class Gaddiel Acquaah, a 47th Operations
Airman 1st Class Gaddiel Acquaah, a 47th Operations Support Squadron aerospace physiology technician, holds a Ghanaian flag at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 2, 2020. Acquaah recently received his U.S. ci... More
ENJJPT molds international guardians of freedom
Col. Russell D. Driggers, 80th Flying Training Wing commander, prepares for flight at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 9, 2019. The 80th FTW is home to the premier flying training wing charged with producin... More
A student pilot assigned to the 23rd Flying Training
A student pilot assigned to the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Alabama, tries on equipment, while an aerospace physiology specialist from the 14th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron makes sur... More
Second Lt. Denis Aurelious, 14th Student Squadron student
Second Lt. Denis Aurelious, 14th Student Squadron student pilot, attempts to break his first set of wings during Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-04’s graduation Jan, 19, 2018, on Columbus Air ... More
A P-51 Mustang taxis down the flight line at Davis-Monthan
A P-51 Mustang taxis down the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Mar. 1, 2020. The P-51 performed in the Heritage Flight Training Course, a celebration of past and present aircraft. (U.S. Air... More
An Iraqi air force pilot trainee takes a quiz for his
An Iraqi air force pilot trainee takes a quiz for his English class in Kirkuk, Iraq, Oct. 23. U.S. airmen assigned to 521st AEAS conducted flight training for Iraqi pilots.
Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Darren French (left), Pilot
Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Darren French (left), Pilot Training Next 2.0 instructor pilot and the RAF's senior national representative, briefs British Army Col. Paddy Logan (center), assistant director for flyi... More
Seana Cummins, a senior egress specialist, returns
Seana Cummins, a senior egress specialist, returns tools to the drawer after replacing the underseat rocket motor of a T-38 ejection seat, Oct. 7, 2019. The underseat rocket moter forces the seat out of the coc... More
Vance Weather Forecaster Recognized
Master Sgt. Richard Lawson in the Weather Center at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 7. Lawson, the Vance Weather Operations NCOIC, was Vance's Warrior of the Week for the week of Nov. 6. Warrior of the Wee... More
U.S. Navy Lt. Jake Hawley, an instructor pilot and
U.S. Navy Lt. Jake Hawley, an instructor pilot and Ensign Quinn Nystrom, a student naval flight officer from Training Squadron 86 (VT-86) from Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., go through their pre-flight chec... More
An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares for takeoff at
An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares for takeoff at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Mar. 1, 2020. The F-16 team is one of four single ship demonstration teams in Air Combat Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by ... More
An Afghan National Army soldier maintains his part
An Afghan National Army soldier maintains his part of a security perimeter during a combined Afghan army and air force combat training exercise in Herat Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2. Joint coalition mentors of... More
A T-1 Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II, and T-38 Talon fly in
A T-1 Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II, and T-38 Talon fly in a dissimilar formation near Laughlin Air Force Base, TX on 16 May, 2018. This formation is typically flown as part of the graduation ceremony for pilots gradu... More
Vance Maintainers stay ready in fog
An L3 Communications maintainer preps a T-6 as fog covers the flightline at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 4. Since 1960, Team Vance has been a joint civilian-military team and has trained more than 20,00... More
Massachusetts Insitute of Technology Reserve Officer
Massachusetts Insitute of Technology Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet Preston Tower looks behind him at two jets flown by fellow MIT cadets in a mixed reality environment during a flying training session wi... More
Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-11
Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-11 celebrates after earning their wings on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 30, 2017. Twenty-four officers graduated with SUPT Class 17-11. (U.S. Air ... More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Joanna Nelms, Pilot Training Next
U.S. Air Force Maj. Joanna Nelms, Pilot Training Next 2.0 flight doctor from the 359th Medical Group, talks to Royal Air Force Wing Commander Christopher Pote, Headquarters 22 Group, at the PTN facility at the ... More
C-17 Globemaster III instructor pilots assigned to
C-17 Globemaster III instructor pilots assigned to the 58th Airlift Squadron experiment with a new virtual, high-resolution, night vision goggle (NVG) training system, Dec. 9, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okl... More
Two T-38 Talon aircrafts taxi out to the runway July
Two T-38 Talon aircrafts taxi out to the runway July 15, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base Miss. Students receive more than 100 hours of flight instruction in the Talon covering areas such as advanced aircraft h... More
The back half of the 43rd Flying Training Squadron’s
The back half of the 43rd Flying Training Squadron’s T-1 Jayhawk heritage flagship aircraft sits on the flight line, Oct. 25, 2019, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. In 1942 the 43rd FTS provided air crew train... More
The Lever of Culture, US Air Force Photo
Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, Commander, Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, is photographed at AETC Headquarters, July 18, 2018. He is responsible for the recruiting, trai... More
Alejandro Alvarado, 47th Contracting Flight contract
Alejandro Alvarado, 47th Contracting Flight contract s officer, was chosen by wing leadership to be the “XLer of the Week”, for the week of March 25, 2019, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The “XLer” award, p... More
Santa Claus assists a maintainer at Laughlin Air Force
Santa Claus assists a maintainer at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2019. Before returning to the North Pole, Santa was able to see many base facilities, talk with some Airmen about what they wanted fo... More
Iraqi air force pilot prepare for a training flight
Iraqi air force pilot prepare for a training flight in Forward Operating Base, Iraq, Oct. 23. U.S. airmen assigned to 521st AEAS conducted flight training for Iraqi pilots.
A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on
A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on 16/17 May, 2018. The T-38 is one of three aircraft flown by pilots during Undergraduate Pilot Training.
Lt. Col. Tom McElhinney, 43rd Flying Training Squadron
Lt. Col. Tom McElhinney, 43rd Flying Training Squadron commander, and Rufus Ward, 43rd FTS honorary commander, attend and speak at the 43rd FTS heritage paint unveiling ceremony Oct. 25, 2019, on Columbus Air F... More
Vance FD stays sharp during fire prevention week
Firefighters safely place charged lines during training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 12. Vance Fire Department personnel are offering both mandatory trainings and visiting shops across our base to ta... More
Vance Airman Shares Story with Media
Airman 1st Class Christine Stone at the clinic at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 24. Stone, an Air Force public health technician, is Vance's Warrior of the Week for Jan. 23. Warrior of the Week is a Team... More
Graduating SUPT students pin classmate Iraqi Airman after ceremony
Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students gather to fasten pilot wings on their Iraqi Air Force classmate at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 10. After approximately a year of training, Class 17-06... More
1st Lt. James Scroggin, 1st platoon leader, A Co.,
1st Lt. James Scroggin, 1st platoon leader, A Co., 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, walks with Chief Warrant Officer 2 Darren Geen, instructor pilot, 2nd AHB, to the helicopter th... More
Vance Historian Works to Remember Oklahoma Pilot
Wing historian Stephanie Ritter pieces together a layout for a future display at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 24. The historian's office is home to thousands of artifacts and records covering Vance's wi... More
Capt. Aws Hameed is presented his wings by a fellow
Capt. Aws Hameed is presented his wings by a fellow countrymen Aug. 18, after the pilot training graduation ceremony at Vance Air Force Base. Allied military members come from around the world to train here at ... More
Air Force pilot 2nd Lt. Landon Moores and his mother
Air Force pilot 2nd Lt. Landon Moores and his mother Lorrie share a moment at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 18. Moores and his Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-13 classmates graduated fr... More
Students from the Pilot Training Next Program conduct
Students from the Pilot Training Next Program conduct drag training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 29, 2019. This training simulates a parachute dragging the pilot on the ground after landing. The goal... More
Laughlin military working dog handler talks about building respect
Staff Sgt. Vicktoria Bradshaw, 47th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, holds her K-9 during training, March 19, 2020. Bradshaw is relatively new to the K-9 career field and to Laughlin Air F... More
Lt. Col. Alexander Heyman, the 71st Student Squadron
Lt. Col. Alexander Heyman, the 71st Student Squadron commander, congratulates new pilots before their graduation from undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 18. The 71st STUS is th... More
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student pilot, trains to take off in a T-6A Texan II in an Operational Flight Training simulator at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2018.... More
Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st
Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st Lt. Najibullah Habibzai, AAF Cessna 208 pilots, receive their training certificates as instructor pilots from Col. Daniel Lasica, 838th Air Expeditionary Grou... More
Senior Airman Hayden Harrison, 48th Flying Training
Senior Airman Hayden Harrison, 48th Flying Training Wing Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, goes through a T-1A Jayhawk survival equipment checklist Dec. 5, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Ever... More
Three aerospace physiology specialists from the 14th
Three aerospace physiology specialists from the 14th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron observe as student pilots from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Alabama conduct hypobaric chamber tra... More
Col. Samantha Weeks, 14th Flying Training Wing commander,
Col. Samantha Weeks, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, pins on Capt. Toai Dang’s, wings during a graduation ceremony May 30, 2019, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Dang became the first Vietnamese student f... More
An Afghan National Army soldier looks out the window
An Afghan National Army soldier looks out the window of an MI-17 helicopter during a combined Afghan army and air force combat training exercise in Herat province Feb. 2. Joint coalition mentors of the ANA and ... More
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, SERE Instructors evaluated a downed pilot scenario in Jeugaun, Republic of Korea, March 16. With a simulated push to the ground, Capt. Miles Newsom... More
Joe Bartee, an aircrew flight equipment technician,
Joe Bartee, an aircrew flight equipment technician, and Jeremy Elmore, an aircrew flight equipment technician, count the folds of the parachute to make sure its even on both sides before folding it back up, Jul... More
An Iraqi air force Cessna 208 Caravan sits in a hanger
An Iraqi air force Cessna 208 Caravan sits in a hanger in Forward Operating Base, Iraq, Oct. 23. U.S. airmen assigned to 521st AEAS conducted flight training for Iraqi pilots.
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student pilot, trains in an Operational Flight Training simulator at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2018. The OFT is one of Sheppard's m... More
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight
During Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, SERE Instructors evaluated a downed pilot scenario in Jeugaun, Republic of Korea, March 16. With a simulated push to the ground, Capt. Miles Newsom... More
Master Sgt. Jessica Green, 47th Force Support Squadron
Master Sgt. Jessica Green, 47th Force Support Squadron wing career assistance advisor, sees it as a personal goal to help others achieve the best life possible for them. “I do this by first helping others ident... More
A T-1 Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II, and T-38 Talon fly in
A T-1 Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II, and T-38 Talon fly in a dissimilar formation near Laughlin Air Force Base, TX on 17 May, 2018. This formation is typically flown as part of the graduation ceremony for pilots gradu... More
Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st
Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st Lt. Najibullah Habibzai, AAF Cessna 208 pilots, receive their training certificates as instructor pilots from Col. Daniel Lasica, 838th Air Expeditionary Grou... More
Vance leadership joins local Veterans Day observance
Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Wilson, the 71st Flying Training Wing command chief, and other guests listen in to the guest speaker at the Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park in Enid, Oklahoma, Nov. 11. (U.S. A... More
Vance controllers manage the skies
Airmen from the 71st Operations Support Squadron control the skies over Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Dec. 19 Although Vance may be known as a pilot training base, it's also one of the leaders in training an... More
Pilot Training, US Air Force Photo
A student from the Pilot Training Next program conducts training on the lateral drift trainer at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 29, 2019. The lateral drift trainer shows future pilots how to perform a pro... More
James Wilson, a senior egress specialist, takes off
James Wilson, a senior egress specialist, takes off the underseat rocket motor of a T-38 ejection seat Oct. 7, 2019 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. The underseat rocket motor is replaced every seven years. (U.S.... More
T-6 Texan II Taxies on Flightline
A T-6 Texan II taxies on the flightline after completing a training sortie at Enid Woodring airport on Nov. 15, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Octavius Thompson)
Col. Samantha Weeks, former 14th Flying Training Wing
Col. Samantha Weeks, former 14th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks at the graduation ceremony for Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 20-14/15 on May 15, 2020, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. ... More
Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Necaise, 41st and 37th Flying Training
Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Necaise, 41st and 37th Flying Training Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, replaces parts on multiple helmets Dec. 5, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Every helmet is... More
2nd Lt. Tawnie Kerr, a student pilot assigned to the
2nd Lt. Tawnie Kerr, a student pilot assigned to the 71st Student Squadron, places her helmet on inside a T-6A Texan II Jan. 5, on the flightline at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. With its Pratt & Whitnew Cana... More
An airshow performer taxis down the runway as a B-2
An airshow performer taxis down the runway as a B-2 Spirit assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, MO., navigates the Texas sky at the Fiesta of Flight open house and airshow, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Ma... More
2nd Lt. Kenneth Gill, a student pilot assigned to the
2nd Lt. Kenneth Gill, a student pilot assigned to the 71st Student Squadron, and Capt. Peter Shufeldt, an instructor pilot assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, inspect thier aircraft before taking off... More
A runway is seen illuminated through night vision goggles
A runway is seen illuminated through night vision goggles (NVG) on the new virtual, high-resolution, NVG training system, Dec. 9, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. On the screen, an image without night visio... More
Maj. Cullen Vetter, 3rd Flying Training Squadron instructor
Maj. Cullen Vetter, 3rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, checks over the T-1A Jayhawk before a flight Feb. 1, 2018, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-1 is used to train students selected to fly... More
A T-38 Talon heritage aircraft taxis out to the runway
A T-38 Talon heritage aircraft taxis out to the runway July 15, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base Miss. The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, high-altitude, supersonic jet trainer used in a variety of roles because o... More
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student pilot, trains to take off in a T-6A Texan II in a Operational Flight Training simulator at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2018. ... More
The 43rd Flying Trianing Squadron’s T-1 Jayhawk heritage
The 43rd Flying Trianing Squadron’s T-1 Jayhawk heritage flagship aircraft sits on the flight line Oct. 25, 2019, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The 43rd FTS was activated at Columbus as a flying training fl... More
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training
2nd Lt. Glenn Colby, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student pilot, gives a hand signal during an Operational Flight Training simulation at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2018. Colby is sim... More
Pilot Training Next program students, left, simulate
Pilot Training Next program students, left, simulate being in a parachute while 82nd Aerospace Medical Squadron physiology technicians supervise them at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 29, 2019. This is th... More
2nd Lt. Kenneth Gill, a student pilot assigned to the
2nd Lt. Kenneth Gill, a student pilot assigned to the 71st Student Squadron, and Capt. Peter Shufeldt, an instructor pilot assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, start up the T-6 Texan II before take-of... More