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  • Columbus looks to the future of pilot training

    The 14th Flying Training Wing solidifies its position as the home for the future of pilot training with the introduction of the new Fighter Bomber Fundamentals (F/BF) course.

  • Laughlin's aerospace physiology: the team before the flight

    Capable of flying at high speeds and altitudes, pilots perform one of the most exciting and dangerous jobs the military has to offer. Flying like this is no easy task, and requires special equipment and techniques to do it successfully. But what happens when that equipment becomes faulty and a

  • Laughlin graduates first female Lebanese fighter pilot

    Laughlin graduated the first female Lebanese fighter pilot from its undergraduate pilot training program Feb. 3, 2023. Lebanese Air Force 2nd Lt. Jana Sader finished her training and will return home to fly the A-29 Super Tucano, a light attack aircraft.The U.S. Air Force and Air Education and

  • Vance | AMC’s top general gets a first-hand look at UPT 2.5

    Gen. Mike Minihan, the commander of Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, visited Vance Air Force Base, Aug. 25 - 26. Minihan was the guest speaker for Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-14AU, where he focused his comments on how Airmanship influenced his career and how today’s

  • "The Air Force is my family and my family is the Air Force"

    For some pilots, the dream to fly begins the moment they are born. For 1st Lt. Chad Chapman, 47th Student Squadron T-38 Talon student pilot, it took a little longer for those dreams to make an appearance. “I’m the fourth generation of pilots in my family, but I didn’t always want to become a pilot,”

  • AFSOC commander inspires UPT Class 22-09

    Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-09, consisting of 23 officers, graduated from UPT, on April 6, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, was the distinguished speaker for the graduation ceremony.

  • AFRL scientist selected for Undergraduate Pilot Training

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - "I joined the Air Force twice," stated 1st Lt. James Wymer, who recently received notice he has been selected for Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) through the Air Force’s Fiscal Year 2021 Undergraduate Flying Training Selection Board. Wymer is a physicist

  • Steering Committee gives resounding 'yes' to ENJJPT 2030 initiative

    The 81st meeting of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program Steering Committee wrapped up weeklong discussions March 12, 2021, giving its leadership at Sheppard Air Force Base the thumbs-up to move forward with several initiatives, including ENJJPT 2030.