3rd generation AF fighter pilot

COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. - When 2nd Lt. Curtis Hunter Hughes graduates from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-10 and pins on his Air Force wings June 9, he will become a third generation AF fighter pilots. The younger Hughes is following in the footsteps of his father, and grandfather. Hunter will be the second generation to graduate from pilot training at CAFB. “Both of these men are my heroes,” Hunter said. Hunter’s father, retired Lt. Col. Curtis “Custis” Hughes attended high school in New Orleans. He joined the 122nd Fighter Squadron of the Louisiana Air National Guard, and later graduated from UPT at CAFB in 1986. He flew F-15As with the LANG from 1987-90. Hunter’s grandfather, retired Maj. Ernest Curtis "Curt" Hughes, enlisted in the AF in 1959, and later commissioned through OTS in 1964. He flew fighters with the 187th Fighter Wing of the Alabama ANG; and the 159th Fighter Group of the LANG. At graduation, Hunter’s wings will be the ones originally earned by his grandfather, given to his father and now passed to him. (Source: 14th Flying Training Wing 06/10/17)