Twenty-three new pilots receive their wings during graduation ceremony May 22

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VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Twenty-three students in Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 25-10 received their wings during a ceremony held May 22 at Vance Air Force Base.

The newly pinned pilots completed their initial aviation training in the T-6A Texan II and will continue in either the T-1A Jayhawk or the T-38C Talon training programs at Vance.

The guest speaker at the Class 25-10 graduation ceremony was Air Force Col. Adam Rosado, the deputy commander of the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Rosado is a command pilot with more than 3,500 flight hours. He earned his wings at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, in 2003, and has flown the T-37, T-1A, KC-135 and KC-10.

Class 25-10 award winners were:
2nd Lt. Jackson Davis received the Academic Award;
Capt. Joseph Harris received the Leadership Award;
Capt. Alex Bood received the Flying Training Award and was named a Distinguished Graduate;
1st Lt. Shannon Smith received the Air Education & Training Command Commander’s Trophy and was named a Distinguished Graduate;
2nd Lt. Patricia Kimball received the Wingman Award.

Also receiving their pilot wings during the ceremony were:
1st Lt. Charles Atkinson
2nd Lt. Andy Birmingham
2nd Lt. Cameron Davis
2nd Lt. Sean Donlan
2nd Lt. Dana Friend
2nd Lt. Jessica Gerhardt
2nd Lt. Joseph Harding
2nd Lt. Connor Hennessy
2nd Lt. Colin Jamison
2nd Lt. Michael Left
2nd Lt. Kevin Maloney
2nd Lt. Ramjon Mazumder
2nd Lt. Bryce McCool
2nd Lt. Nathan McHale
2nd Lt. Nolan Rollison
2nd Lt. Alexander Taylor
2nd Lt. Jacob Wunderle
2nd Lt. Garret Wyman