✈️ Mastering the Madness: Combining Aerobatics, Instruments, and VFR Low-Levels

One day you’re looping through the sky, the next you’re flying blind in the clouds, and then you’re screaming 500 feet above the trees. Undergraduate Pilot Training doesn’t slow down — it stacks skills at full throttle. This is where chaos turns to confidence, and students become real aviators.

✈️ Weathering the Storms: Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Snow, and Ice at Columbus AFB

Pilot training doesn’t pause for bad weather. At Columbus AFB, tornado sirens, snowstorms, and ice storms became part of daily life — teaching us resilience, adaptability, and what it means to earn your wings when nature throws everything it’s got at you.

✈️ Throttle Up: My First Flight in the T-6 Texan II

Strapping into 1,100 horsepower for the first time is something you never forget. From taxiing out to flipping upside down in a matter of minutes, my first flight in the T-6 Texan II launched me headfirst into the wild ride of Air Force pilot training.

✈️ The First Takeoff: Stepping Into USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training

Learning to fly isn’t a moment — it’s a million little moments stitched together with adrenaline, grit, and wonder. Join me as I take you inside the wild, unpredictable, and extraordinary experience of Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus, Mississippi.