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Proud moment captured

When the Undergraduate Pilot Training student receives both a diploma and new pilot wings is a proud moment for every member of the family. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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Pinning the new wings

Part of the Undergraduate Pilot Training graduation ceremony is pinning on the new pilot wings by important members of the student's life. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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Big Bird

Altus comes to visit Vance

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58 AS Airmen showcase C-17 capabilities to Altus, Vance AFB civic leaders

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Doug Gerrity, 58th Airlift Squadron loadmaster instructor, answers questions from Keaton Francis (left) and Brian Lamoreaux (right), Vance Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, civic leaders, while on a C-17 Globemaster III, June 6, 2023. Altus AFB trains 70% of all mobility aircrew members in the Air Force, while Vance AFB trains more than 300 pilots a year, 60 percent of whom move onto Altus for their formal training on the KC-135 Stratotanker, KC- 46 Pegasus, or C-17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenton Jancze)

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58 AS Airmen showcase C-17 capabilities to Altus, Vance AFB civic leaders

Taylor Blasier, Vance Air Force Base civic leader, takes a video of the cargo loading area on a C-17 Globemaster III, June 6, 2023. The C-17 is 174 feet long and has a maximum payload of 170,900 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenton Jancze)

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58 AS Airmen showcase C-17 capabilities to Altus, Vance AFB civic leaders

Vance Air Force Base (AFB) civic leaders walk onto a C-17 Globemaster III on the flight line at Vance AFB, Oklahoma June 6, 2023. The civic leaders were able to ask the aircrew questions about the aircraft, as well as explore the thunder dome area and cockpit during their flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenton Jancze)

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58 AS Airmen showcase C-17 capabilities to Altus, Vance AFB civic leaders

Cody Nelson, Altus Military Affairs Committee member, takes a video of a KC-135 Stratotanker, June 6, 2023. The 97th Air Mobility Wing is home to the Air Force’s only KC-135, KC-46 Pegasus, and C-17 Globemaster III formal training units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenton Jancze)

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58 AS Airmen showcase C-17 capabilities to Altus, Vance AFB civic leaders

Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, civic leaders wait in the cargo loading area of a C-17 Globemaster III on the flight line at Altus AFB, Oklahoma, June 6, 2023. Both Altus and Vance AFB civic leaders had the opportunity to witness some of the C-17’s capabilities including air refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenton Jancze)

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58 AS Airmen showcase C-17 capabilities to Altus, Vance AFB civic leaders

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft sits on the flight line at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 6, 2023. The C-17 is capable of rapid delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases, as well as perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions, making it the most flexible cargo aircraft in the airlift force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenton Jancze)

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Brothers in arms

Twin brothers, Capt. John Russo, left, and Capt. David Russo are both in the Undergraduate Pilot Training program at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. John is a T-6A Texan II instructor pilot. David is a student pilot in the same type of aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ 2nd Lt. Cassidy Fisher)

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First class Air Mobility Fundamentals-Simulator Course graduates at Vance AFB

The names from Air Mobility Fundamentals -Simulator Course 23-09HS, the first full class to complete a simulator-only follow-on curriculum are engraved on the nose cone of the mid-tier device at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., and displayed during graduation May 1, 2023. The goal of AMF-S is to teach pilots slated for mobility, special operations forces, command, control and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, core competencies in crew resource management, autopilot, automation operations, one-engine inoperative and flight management systems to prepare pilots for follow-on training in their selected airframes. AMF-S also serves to provide the intermediate training phase between T-6A training and the complex multi-engine and multi-crew environments for the roughly 900 student pilots that train with Air Education and Training Command before transitioning to formal training units.

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AMF-S First grad

Following undergraduate pilot training in the T-6A aircraft, pilots headed to future service in the air mobility community, leveraged the mid-tier devices alongside traditional T-1A Jayhawk simulators at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Jan. 1, 2023. The first class of pilots to complete the Air Mobility Fundamentals – Simulator Course logged their final day of training at Vance AFB May 5, 2023.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Crist)

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Continuing the legacy

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm, right, embraces his daughter, 2nd Lt. Katherine Krumm, following the Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 23-10 graduation ceremony, May 25, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The general was the graduation guest speaker and the lieutenant received her Air Force pilot wings. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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Welcome to the flock

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm, left, welcomes a Class 23-10 student pilot to the world of aviation just before the graduation ceremony held May 25 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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New wings for the team

Twenty-two students in Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 23-10 received their wings during a graduation ceremony held May 25 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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Academy bound

Erik Lewis Jr., center, along with his parents, Melissa Lewis, left, and Erik Lewis Sr., pose in front of a T-6A Texan II at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, May 3. Lewis Jr., a standout cornerback for the local high school football team, the Enid Plainsmen, has committed to play football at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christian Soto)

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Taking time off for parenting

Maj. Alayna Holt, right, the 71st Comptroller Squadron commander, and Maj. Zachary Jarvis, the 71st Security Forces Squadron commander, were the first to utilize the new expanded military parental leave policy at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Holt and Jarvis welcomed their daughter into the world in early December 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christopher Ornelas Jr.)

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Class 23-09 grad ceremony

The 21 new pilots graduating from Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 23-09 are introduced to friends and family attending the graduation ceremony held May 5 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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Class 23-09 graduation

One of 21 sets of pilot wings are pinned on by proud family members following the Class 23-09 graduation ceremony held May 5 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Sarah Bailey)

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Officially retired

Lt. Col. Chad Stewart, right, receives his certificate of retirement from Lt. Col. Tyler Robertson, during a ceremony held April 28, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Christian Soto)

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