First pilots graduate from helicopter-only training at Fort Rucker Aryn Lockhart for 19th Air Force public affairs | June 27, 2021
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Seven officers received their pilot’s wings, becoming the first Air Force officers to earn their wings from a helicopter-only syllabus since 1993.
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