GAF FTC commemorates 55,555 flight hours

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Peter Klement, German air force Flying Training Center commander and Col. Jeff Harrigian, 49th Fighter Wing Commander, taxi their way in front of the reception commemorating the 55,555th German Tornado flight hour here, Oct. 13. Members of the German air force and 49th FW awaited their return to celebrate the accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Veronica Stamps)

GAF FTC commemorates 55,555 flight hours

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Peter Klement, German air force Flying Training Center commander and Col. Jeff Harrigian, 49th Fighter Wing Commander, taxi their way in front of the reception commemorating the 55,555th German Tornado flight hour here, Oct. 13. Members of the German air force and 49th FW awaited their return back to the flight line to celebrate the accomplishment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Veronica Stamps)

Brig. Gen. Goldfein takes flight in the Tornado

Brig. Gen. David Goldfein, 49th Fighter Wing commander, Staff Sgt. Bartos Trojca, 1st Line Maintenance Squadron, Staff Sgt. Romeo Casuga, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and Master Sgt. Thomas Bornmann, 1st Line Maintenace Squadron, pose for a photo after a succesful flight in the German Tornado by Brig. Gen. Goldfein Dec. 14, 2007, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Staff Sgt. Trojca, Staff Sgt. Casuga, and Master Sgt. Bornmann were the maintainers for Brig. Gen. Goldfein's first flight in the Tornado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jamal D. Sutter)

Brig. Gen. Goldfein takes flight in the Tornado

Members of Team Holloman take a group photo after Brig. Gen. David Goldfein's first flight in the German Tornado Dec. 14, 2007, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jamal D. Sutter)

Brig. Gen. Goldfein takes flight in the Tornado

Staff Sgt. Romeo Casuga, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshalls a German Tornado flown by Lt. Col. Alexander Jung, German Air Force Tornado Training Squadron, and Brig. Gen. David Goldfein, 49th Fighter Wing commander, Dec. 14, 2007, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. This was Brig. Gen. Goldfein's first ride in the Tornado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jamal D. Sutter)

Brig. Gen. Goldfein takes flight in the Tornado

Brig. Gen. David Goldfein, 49th Fighter Wing commander, prepares for flight in a German Tornado Dec. 14, 2007, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. This was Brig. Gen. Goldfein's first flight in the Tornado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jamal D. Sutter)