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  • UPT Class 24-06 Graduation

    Twenty-eight Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5 student pilots of Class 24-06, graduated on 15 March 2024, at the Kaye Auditorium on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The UPT 2.5 graduation ceremony officially marks the completion of initial flight training in the T-6 Texan II as students earn their

  • Mexican Air Force visits Laughlin for Fiesta of Flight

    The Fuerza Aerea Mexicana (Mexican Air Force) made their first U.S. debut since 1944 with their T-6C+ Aerobatic Demonstration team for a performance during Laughlin’s Fiesta of Flight Open House, Airshow and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Expo (STEAM) March 9.

  • From ground to sky: the critical role of SARM

    In the clear blue skies above Del Rio, Texas, Team XL dominates the horizon. The roar of training aircraft is made possible, not just by the pilots in the cockpits, but also by the meticulous efforts of those on the ground.

  • Class 24-05 Graduation

    Every few weeks Columbus Air Force Base graduates student pilots through the undergraduate pilot training course as one of the three largest pilot training bases.

  • Three AF Reserve instructor pilots surpass 3,000 flight hour milestone

    Reaching an aviation milestone usually doesn't come easy for one pilot during their career, let alone three pilots around the same time. At Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, three Air Force Reserve instructor pilots assigned to the 39th Flying Training Squadron did just that by each exceeding

  • 350 SWW deputy commander speaks at CSO graduation

    U.S. Air Force Col. John Christianson, 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing deputy commander, center, poses for a group photo with the recent graduates from the Undergraduate Combat Systems Officers Course at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 16, 2024. The 479th