HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Twelve F-16 Viper student pilots graduated from the 311th Fighter Squadron’s F-16 Basic Course, during a ceremony, May 8, 2020, 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-DBH:
Capt. Mark Habermeyer
1st Lt. Chase Bockstruck
1st Lt. Kyle Bragg
1st Lt. Todd Copic
1st Lt. Matthew Herr
1st Lt. Wooyeon Hicks
1st Lt. Eric Holm
1st Lt. Boston Nimmer
1st Lt. Jonah Noeldner
1st Lt. Kaleb Nypaver
1st Lt. Joshua Utter
1st Lt. Connor Watson