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14 graduate from F-16 Viper training at Holloman

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  • By Airman 1st Class Autumn Vogt
  • 49th Wing Public Affairs

Fourteen F-16 Viper students graduated from the 311th Fighter Squadron’s F-16 Basic Course, during a ceremony at hangar 301, Oct. 5, 2019, on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

The F-16 B-Course is a 37-week long course required for all student pilots. On average, B-Course students log 70 hours of flying time over 59 sorties in addition to roughly 245-hours of academic training and 69-hours of flight simulator training.

The 49th Wing is the Air Force’s premiere F-16 and MQ-9 Reaper aircrew training wing. Graduates of the F-16 B-course will be reassigned to operational flying units throughout the Air Force.

Congratulations to the graduates of Class 19-ABH:

A Flight

1st Lt. David Cannon

1st Lt. Connor Colas

1st Lt. Nathaniel Dickman

1st Lt. George Frank

1st Lt. Aimee Fiedler

B Flight

1st Lt. Jared Hruby

1st Lt. William Jaundalderis

1st Lt. Benjamin Kern

1st Lt. Garrett McElligott

C Flight

1st Lt. Kevin Mitchell

1st Lt. Ty Peters

1st Lt. Tyler Rico

1st Lt. Mary Nicklas

1st Lt. Scott Wawrzyniak