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Retired Air Force lieutenant colonel to begin service Monday Daily Light report Ellis County Judge Todd Little has appointed Air Force Lt. Col. (ret.) Robert C. Ricks to the position of the Ellis County Judge Chief of Staff. Ricks will begin his service in the position on Monday. Ricks retired from the United States Air Force in 2014 after serving multiple roles as an Instructor Pilot, Director of Operations, Commander, and Director of Staff. He also served as a staff officer at the Wing, Center, Numbered Air Force and Major Command levels with experience in information operations, operationa...

Visit adap adaptivetrainingfoundation.org. rear learning the identities of two pilots who died a training mission. ryan connolly was an instructor pilot for the 101st combat aviation brigade. the crash happened friday night at fort campbell in kentucky. it's the third deadly accident for the military last week, killing seven service members in all. in the wake of the parkland school shooting, many states are considering new laws. it's already making a difference in washington state. so-called red flag laws allow police to seize weapons from people considered an extreme risk. it gained the supp...

But it is not known if oxygen deprivation played any role in that incident and while the navy has unaccompanied to review the overall problem has yet to be nailed down. the air force is seen similar issues in their f 35 and t6 trainers and donald trump's $700 billion military spending plan has several provisions to try to get a better handle on this problem including up to $10 million prize for anyone who can get to the bottom of this cause. >> you have covered the story since it began, you were an instructor in a t 45, refused to fly last april. why is the navy just now figuring this out. >> ...

Starting everything, it's not going to go exceedingly well. i got a call from mike, the instructor pilot who taught me to fly the f-16. he told me of troy's ultimate sacrifice in iraq. he said he had five kids and folds of honor has got to help these kids. so this connection to troy and his passing goes so far back and so many lives have been changed as a result. but certainly ginger's perspective on troy finally coming home is such a blessing. >> yeah. ginger, this has been a long road for you. this will be the third funeral you've had for your husband, right? >> it is. it's true. it's unimag...

An ordinary training flight becomes a fight for life. >> oh. >> canadian air force captain john hunt has flown fighters for more than two decades, with thousands of hours logged in a variety of jets, he's among canada's best. >> i have been transferred to the flight instructors school where i actually was an instructor for instructors. >> at the canadian nato flight training center in saskatchewan, instructors fly with students in the hawk 155. this jet is a one-engine, two-seat aircraft. on training missions, the student pilot flies in the front seat and instructor pilots like hut fly in the ...