COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. - Columbus Air Force Base hosted personnel from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., to facilitate training and offer helicopter familiarization flights to prospective pilots on Jan. 26. The 23rd FTS brought two TH-1H Iroquois that are used to train pilots attending specialized undergraduate helicopter pilot training at Fort Rucker. Air Force 1st Lt. Philip Strunk, 23rd FTS instructor pilot, also said they brought a group of helicopter student-pilots to receive physiological and altitude chamber training at CAFB. The pilots are coming back from initial flight training in Texas. “We are also here spreading the knowledge of what a helicopter can do and the purpose they serve in the Air Force,” said Strunk. “We are offering aircraft familiarization flights to student and instructor pilots to show them helicopters are actually pretty cool and useful, and they have some amazing capabilities.” (Source: CAFB 01/28/21)
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