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  • Reserve fighter pilot reaches 1,000 hours in F-35

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — A pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing became the Air Force Reserve’s first operational F-35 pilot to reach 1,000 flying hours in the Air Force's newest fighter jet here today. Maj. Daniel “Mental” Toftness joined the Reserve in August 2018 after 12 years on active duty. He

  • Navigator surpasses 9,000 C-130 flying hours

    Nine thousand is a big number in the flying world, especially when considering hours aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. That is the number navigator Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, Jr. of the 328th Airlift Squadron surpassed, June 10. “It makes me feel old, honestly,” Cupples joked as he spoke of his