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99TH FTS pays tribute to fallen Tuskegee Airman with flyover

“The Tuskegee Airman W.W. II” by Clarence L. Shivers is displayed in the main walkway of the 99th Flying Training Squadron. The 99th FTS traces lineage to the Tuskegee Airmen and they pay homage to their history within their hallways and by sporting a red stripe on the tail to resemble the red tails on the aircraft the original Tuskegee Airmen piloted. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Airman 1st Class Shelby Pruitt)
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99TH FTS pays tribute to fallen Tuskegee Airman with flyover

Maj. David Kim, 99th Flying Training Squadron Chief of Standardization and Evaluation and Maj. Joel Kliewer, 99th FTS pilot, pose in front of a T-1A Jayhawk. The T-1s sport a red stripe on the tail as a homage to their Tuskegee Airmen heritage. This resembles the red tails on the aircraft the original Tuskegee Airmen piloted as a way for their allies to spot them. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Airman 1st Class Shelby Pruitt)
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99TH FTS pays tribute to fallen Tuskegee Airman with flyover

A memorial service for Dr. Granville Coggs, a Documented Original Tuskegee Airman, was held on Friday, June 21, 2019 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. The service culminated in a flyover conducted by two 99th Flying Training Squadron T-1A Jayhawks emblazoned with the “Red Tails” associated with the Tuskegee Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Tristin English)
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99TH FTS pays tribute to fallen Tuskegee Airman with flyover

Dr. Granville Coggs hero shot is embedded in a photo collage honoring the Tuskegee Airmen in the hallway of the 99th Flying Training Squadron. The 99th FTS traces lineage to the Tuskegee Airmen and they pay homage to their history within their hallways and by sporting a red stripe on the tail to resemble the red tails the original Tuskegee Airmen piloted. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Airman 1st Class Shelby Pruitt)
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190612-F-ST721-4788

Lane Bourgeois, 12th Flying Wing historian, sifts through a pile of historical documents in his office June 12, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. with the 2019 Wing Excellence in History Programs award from Air Education and Training Command June 12, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Lane received Air Education and Training Command's 2019 Wing Excellence in History Programs award for his critical thinking presentations and being the first wing to produce a historical study in the new format. (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske)
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190612-F-ST721-4786

Col. Mark Robinson, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, presented Lane Bourgeois, 12th FTW historian, with the 2019 Wing Excellence in History Programs award from Air Education and Training Command June 12, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Lane was recognized for his critical thinking presentations and for being the first wing to produce a historical study in the new format. (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske)
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190612-F-ST721-4783

Col. Mark Robinson, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, Chief Master Sgt. Antonio Goldstrom, 12th FTW command chief, and Lt. Col. Ryan Chute, 12th FTW director of staff, present Lane Bourgeois, 12th FTW historian, with the 2019 Wing Excellence in History Programs award from Air Education and Training Command June 12, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Lane was recognized for his critical thinking presentations and for being the first wing to produce a historical study in the new format. (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske)
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181210-F-ET654-298

Maj. Zachary Fisher, an instructor in the 451st Flying Training Squadron, demonstrates to Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, the advantages of using desktop simulators to train combat systems officers at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Fla. Dec. 10, 2018. Doherty was visiting the 479th Flying Training Group to see how undergraduate CSO training is changing to adapt to the more demanding training environment.
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181210-F-ET654-096

Capt. Tyler Russon, a flight commander in the 455th Flying Training Squadron demonstrates to Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force Commander, the advantages of using tablets in cockpits to train combat systems officers at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Fla. Dec. 10, 2018. Doherty was visiting the 479th Flying Training Group to see how undergraduate CSO training is changing to adapt to the more demanding training environment.
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181211-F-ET654-0505

Capt. Matthew Martinez, a flight commander in the 451st Flying Training Squadron and Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, watch while a combat systems officer student receives a briefing from Jeffrey Calvert, a T-1A Jayhawk pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Fla. Dec. 11, 2018. Doherty was visiting the 479th Flying Training Group to see how undergraduate CSO training is changing to adapt to the more demanding training environment.
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181203-F-ET654-030

Autry Fontenot, a budget analyst in the 12th Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas poses for a photograph inside Hangar 63. Fontenot was selected as the Air Force's Resource Advisor of the Year for 2018.
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181203-F-ET654-759

Autry Fontenot, a budget analyst in the 12th Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, poses for a photo in his office in Hangar 63. The Air Force named him its installation-level Resource Advisor of the Year for 2018. Fontenot supports pilot training innovations by managing millions of dollars.
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Flyover Honors Freedom Flyer Organizer

A photo from 2015 shows Lt. Col. Charles Huff during a Freedom Flyer Reunion at JBSA-Randolph. Huff died Dec. 5, 2018. The 560th Flying Training Squadron flew a missing man formation with three T-38C Talons over his interment ceremony at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. In 1973, Huff was an original organizer for training Vietnam war Air Force pilots after they were released as POWs.
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12th FTW Innovators Showcase New Resources

Capt. Jay Moore, a 560th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, helps demonstrate a virtual reality simulator for one of the more than 40 veteran Air Force aviators who attended a briefing Aug. 27, 2018 in the Parr Club at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Moore hopes the Daedalians, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association "River Rats," and A-1 Skyraider Association participants will appreciate the training innovations underway at the base.
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Veteran Aviators Try Virtual Reality with the 12th FTW

One of more than 40 veteran Air Force aviators tries on a set of virtual reality goggles that are being used by the 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas during a demonstration Aug. 27, 2018 in the Parr Club. The Daedalians, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association "River Rats," and A-1 Skyraider Association participated.
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180829-F-ET654-0002

Richard Kilpper (right) listens to a Rogers Airman Leadership School Class 18-6 classmate during an exercise Aug. 29, 2018 at the Rogers Airman Leadership School on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Kilpper is a 12th Maintenance Group aircraft engine quality assurance inspector at JBSA-Randolph, Texas. He was the only Civilian in the class and was among the top seven students academically.
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Col. Mark Robinson assumes command

Col Mark S. Robinson assumed command of the 12th Flying Training Wing in a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph July 27, 2018.
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US, Salvadoran Airmen share night vision knowledge

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Hall, 355th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, El Salvadoran Air Force Tech. Sgt. Moisés Rolando Serrano Borjorquez, Aviation Electrician, El Salvadoran Air Force First Sgt. Raul Mauricio Molina Cedillos, aviation technician and U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Roberto Vasquez, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) operations, plans and requirements superintendent, during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 7, 2018. Two El Salvadoran Air Force aircraft mechanics and two U.S. Air Force aircrew flight equipment craftsmen shared knowledge through the mission planner who was able to interpret the information between the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)
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Front and Center: Dave Duggar

Dave Duggar, 12th Maintenance Group J-85 propulsion shop supervisor, conducts an inspection on a T-38 Talon engine Feb. 28 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Duggar oversees the engine shop and test cell ensuring T-38 engines are "mission ready" to conduct daily sorties for the 12th Flying Training Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)
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Front and Center: Dave Duggar

Tools used by the 12th Maintenance Group J-85 propulsion shop to work on T-38 Talon aircraft Feb. 28 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Aircraft maintainers use the tool to ensure T-38’s are "mission ready" to conduct daily sorties for the 12th Flying Training Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)
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