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WWII Flying Sergeants of the 96th FTS
452nd Air Mobility Wing
Video by Staff Sgt. Kekoa Santiago
June 7, 2022 | 2:30
The remaining members of the 96th FTS gather for a banquet at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, Ca.
The service members served in WWII together and were apart of an innovative program that allowed NCO's into a pilot program normally reserved for officers to become aviators for the P-38. Their successful missions became known within the aviation community as they stumped enemy supply lines and destroyed enemy fighter aircraft with new high diving strife runs.
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