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Todd Bender, a professional skeet shooter, receives an incentive flight in an F-15 eagle with Lt. Col. Brian Johnson, 601st Air Operations Control DMAAP chief, Thursday at Tyndall Air Force Base. Mr. Bender is the current and 18-time World Champion for the National Skeet Shooting Association, who organized, raised money for and hosted last year’s first Wounded Warrior Clinic for the troops at Walter Reed and Bethesda Treatment Centers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Anthony J. Hyatt)


Skeet shooter aims high

Todd Bender, a professional skeet shooter, receives an incentive flight in an F-15 eagle with Lt. Col. Brian Johnson, 601st Air Operations Control DMAAP chief, Thursday at Tyndall Air Force Base. Mr. Bender is the current and 18-time World Champion for the National Skeet Shooting Association, who organized, raised money for and hosted last year’s first Wounded Warrior Clinic for the troops at Walter Reed and Bethesda Treatment Centers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Anthony J. Hyatt)

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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft assigned to Tyndall Air Force Base flies in formation with a World War II-era P-51 Mustang, April 22, 2017 over Panama City Beach, Fla. The aircraft flew in support of the opening ceremony of the Gulf Coast Salute Airshow at Tyndall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Couillard)
Honorary pilot Christopher Cox dawns flight equipment from the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 21, 2017. Cox had the opportunity to tour base facilities, watch air show rehearsal performances, and have a meet and greet with the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaiah J. Soliz/Released)
Honorary pilot Caleb Melville has a picture taken by his father, Isaiah Melville, while wearing flight equipment in the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 21, 2017. Caleb became an honorary pilot through Tyndall’s pilot for a day program with help from the Shaddai Shriners children’s hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaiah J. Soliz/Released)
U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, led a group of over 90 Air Force recruits in reciting the Oath of Enlistment at the 2017 Gulf Coast Salute open house and air show at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 22, 2017. The next step for these recruits is to attend an eight-and-a-half-week program, known as Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delaney Rose)
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dale Cooke, former U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot (back seat), and Lt. Col. Richard McCurdy, 2nd Fighter Training Squadron commander (front seat), complete a pre-flight checklist before taxing for take-off at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 21, 2017. Cooke and McCurdy would complete a historical flight with two current Thunderbirds over the Gulf of Mexico. Cooke last flew Slot Machine (aircraft #177) 35 years ago, it is the last original unmodified T-38A Thunderbird. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Javier Cruz/ Released)
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dale Cooke, former 1982 Thunderbirds slot pilot and Lt. Col. Richard McCurdy, 2nd Fighter Training Squadron commander (middle position), are accompanied by U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds Maj. Nick Krajicek, slot pilot (left), and Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, operations officer (bottom right), during a low pass over the flight line at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 21, 2017. Cooke flew aircraft #177 (Slot Machine) in the early 1980s and the name Slot Machine was carried over to the current F-16 Falcon that holds the slot position in the Thunderbirds formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Javier Cruz/ Released)
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dale Cooke, former Thunderbirds slot position pilot, places a hand on the airframe of the same aircraft (Slot Machine) he flew 35 years ago after completing an historic flight with the current Thunderbirds slot position No.4 jet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 21, 2017. Cooke and Slot Machine inspired generations of Americans across 200 performances around the country in the early 1980s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Javier Cruz/ Released)
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dale Cooke, former U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot, is fitted with a flight suit, G-suit compression equipment and modern flight mask to go along with his Thunderbirds helmet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 21, 2017. Cooke and aircraft #177, a T-38A Talon, from the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron have a long history together from their days as Thunderbirds in the 1980s. The pair accumulated over 800 flight hours at 200 performances nationwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Javier Cruz/ Released)
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dale Cooke, former Thunderbirds slot position pilot, prepares for a historic flight in the original unmodified T-38A model used during his service with the USAF Thunderbirds in the early 80s nationwide at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 21, 2017. Cooke and Slot Machine logged over 800 flight hours at 200 performances across the country. Slot Machine is the last T-38A model still in service with the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron at Tyndall and is used as a venerable air aggressor for F-22 Raptor student pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Javier Cruz/ Released)
U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. (left to right) Sarrah Williams, Ryan Wahl, Patrick Viau, Caleb Tolley, Makenna Ortiz, Kyle Lassiter, Amber Kosloske and Joseph Alcorn, graduated air battle manager training from the 337th Air Control Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 14, 2017. The 9-month ABM course teaches junior officers a diverse set of skills allowing them to direct airborne assets across a widespread range of combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaiah J. Soliz/Released)
Col. Michael Hernandez, 325th Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Craig Williams, 325th FW command chief, congratulate Tech. Sgt. Evan Oehlbeck, 325th Maintenance Squadron munitions control supervisor, on being promoted by the Stripes for Exceptional Performers program April 11, 2017 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The STEP program supplements the existing airmen promotion program and is designed to accommodate unique circumstances that, in the commander’s judgment, clearly warrant promotion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sergio A. Gamboa/Released)
The Force Development Center hosted the inaugural “Spring into Education” testing event March 31, 2017 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Airmen from 10 different squadrons passed a total of 67 exams, earning 201 college credits towards their individual degrees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Javier Cruz/Released)(file photo)