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    Single-parent Reservist rises above challenges to earn wings

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    A person wearing a red top and jeans stands proudly in front of a small single-engine propeller aircraft on an airport tarmac. The aircraft is white and red with the tail number N5169H, consistent with a Cessna 172 or similar general aviation trainer. The setting appears to be a small regional airport on a clear, sunny day.

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, UNITED STATES

    12.04.2018

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Della Creech 

    315th Airlift Wing

    Staff Sgt. Shakeynan Smith, aviation resource management technician with the 701st Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, stands next to a Cessna 172 before taking flight, April 1, 2019, in North Charleston, South Carolina. Smith completed 72 hours of flight time through Charleston Regional Accelerated Flight Training of N. Charleston, S.C., before persuing a commision in the U.S. Air Force to pilot C-17 Globemaster III while being a single parent of 2, full-time college student and Air Force Reservist. (Courtesy photo/Staff Sgt. Shakeynan Smith)

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    Date Taken: 12.04.2018
    Date Posted: 12.31.2019 17:15
    Photo ID: 6007913
    VIRIN: 190502-F-UL476-1001
    Resolution: 1600x777
    Size: 104.56 KB
    Location: JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, US
    Hometown: JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, US

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