HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Fourteen F-16 Viper student pilots graduated from the 314th Fighter Squadron’s F-16 Basic Course during a ceremony at Hangar 286, Nov. 9, 2019, here.
The F-16 B-Course is a 37-week long course required for all student pilots. On average, B-Course students log 70 hours of flying time over 59 sorties in addition to roughly 245 hours of academic training and 69 hours of flight simulator training.
The 49th Wing is the Air Force’s premiere F-16 and MQ-9 Reaper aircrew training wing. Graduates of the F-16 B-Course will be reassigned to operational flying units throughout the combat Air Force.
Congratulations to the graduates of Class 19-BBH:
Capt. Sean Daigle
Capt. Nathan Matzen
1st Lt. Daniel Brown
1st Lt. Steven Trojan
1st Lt. Thomas Schroeder
1st Lt. William Wright
1st Lt. Garrett Frankson
1st Lt. Ryan Gould
1st Lt. Trevor Schmidt
1st Lt. Brandon Reese
1st Lt. Shawn Webster
1st Lt. Tyler Hansen
1st Lt. Michael Loh
1st Lt. Nathaniel Volk