Lt. Col. Mark Sletten, 8th Fighter Squadron commander, presents Capt. Nicholas Atkins, 8th FS F-16 Basic Course graduate, with a certificate of training, May 4, 2019, at Club Holloman on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Eight Viper pilot students graduated from the 8th FS first F-16 B-Course, nearly eighty years since the squadron's induction on Nov. 20, 1940. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kindra Stewart)