CAFB squad earns T-1 honors

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, TEXAS – The 48th Flying Training Squadron, part of the 14th Flight Training Wing at Columbus AFB, Miss., was recipient of the Air Education Training Command’s Flying Training Award in the T-1 category here at AETC’s first ceremony. Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, conceptualized the idea of the awards this year to prioritize, recognize, and show aircrew and instructors’ value while honoring teamwork. In an effort to provide scope for the magnitude of AETC units’ efforts, Doherty noted that AETC’s flying enterprise under 19th AF is a staggering 50 percent of the entire AF’s flying-hour program. Fifty-seven individual ‘High Flyers’ were honored. (Source: 19th Air Force 11/01/17) Central Mississippi Note: The T-1A Jayhawk is a medium-range, twin-engine jet trainer used in the advanced phase of specialized undergraduate pilot training at CAFB; and for combat systems officer training at NAS Pensacola, Fla.