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rst F-16 grads
Warhawks present squadron’s

by Lt. Col. two, and nally four vs. as many adversaries as could Members of class
ANDREW CAGGIANO be thrown at them in complex scenarios that replicated 15-BBH are from
high-end con ict air battles. left: 1st Lts. Andrew
314th Fighter Squadron Hoops and Aaron
Once the 15-BBH wingmen mastered the air-to-air Gibson, Capt. Zach
The 314th Fighter Squadron Warhawks are proud to arena, they moved on to air-to-surface operations and Nordahl, 1st Lts. Dan
announce the historic graduation of the squadron’s inau- tactics phase in March through June. The air-to-ground Katz, Brian Kane,
gural F-16 pilot basic quali cation course, or “B-course.” phase began with basic low-level formation ying, free Scott Pippen, Adam
fall weapon employment, and stra ng at the Oscura, Cen- Engelhardt, and Lo-
Sixteen active-duty and one Air National Guard of- tennial, and Red Rio bombing ranges. After the basics, gan Mitchell, Capt.
cer of class 15-BBH successfully completed the rigor- 15-BBH advanced to employing precision laser-guided Graeme Ross, 1st Lt.
ous 10-month program and will transition to front-line Paveway II bombs and GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Eric Tise, Capt. Matt
combat units around the world. Munitions, or JDAMs, the most likely weapons they will Zimmer, 1st Lts. Isaiah
Class 15-BBH began last September with a re hose employ in combat in the coming months. Alley, Kyle Rasmus-
of academic and simulator training. During ground sen, Kenn Boechler,
training, the new wingmen learned everything about Nearly ten months into the program it was time to Matt Major, Ty Perich,
the F-16’s numerous complex systems, basic aircraft Maj. Brad Brizek and Colton Wetzel.
operational procedures and emergency procedures. This
phase included more than 300 hours of academics and combine all the air-to-air and air-to-ground skills into
dozens of simulator missions to prepare the new wing- capstone large-force exercises that combined everything
men for ight. the 15-BBH wingmen learned in the F-16 basic quali ca-
Next, it was up to the skies in October where the tion course. The capstone missions saw Warhawk pilots
15-BBH wingmen learned basic and aerobatic aircraft striking dynamic targets with precision weapons in
handling maneuvers, practiced simulated emergencies, airspace that was contested by both enemy ghters and
tactical formation flying, and instrument flying. By air defense missile systems in scenarios that replicated
transition phase completion, every wingman earned an major combat operations against a peer adversary.
instrument/quali cation rating in the F-16.
With basic ight training complete, it was time to 15-BBH performed brilliantly from start to nish in
learn how to employ the F-16 as a weapons system. Class this very demanding F-16 basic quali cation course, and
15-BBH learned rst how to dominate the skies in the the 314th Fighter Squadron is proud to introduce its rst
air-to-air arena from November through February. Air 17 B-course graduates in the new Warhawk era. These
dominance began with one vs. one dog ghting, where the fantastic warriors will be reassigned to F-16 combat units
15-BBH wingman learned how to kill and survive from
offensive, defensive and neutral starting positions. After See GRADS, Page 23
dog ghting, training progressed to two vs. one, two vs.

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