Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Kelly | 132d Wing, Iowa Air National Guard | 05.04.2025
Capt. Brant Archer, a 124th Attack Squadron pilot, points out the features of a C-12 aircraft to a child visitor during the Pilot for a Day event May 4, 2025, at the 132d Wing in Des Moines, Iowa. The goal of the event is to provide children who have serious or chronic conditions and their families with the opportunity to have a special day as an honorary pilot and a break from the challenges......
Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Kelly | 132d Wing, Iowa Air National Guard | 05.04.2025
A child hospital patient checks out the cockpit of an Iowa Army National Guard CH-47 helicopter during the Pilot for a Day event May 4, 2025, at the 132d Wing in Des Moines, Iowa. The goal of the event is to provide children who have serious or chronic conditions and their families with the opportunity to have a special day as an honorary pilot and a break from the challenges they face. (U.S.......
Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Kelly | 132d Wing, Iowa Air National Guard | 05.04.2025
Capt. Anthony Weiland, a 124th Attack Squadron pilot, guides a child through a training simulator during the Pilot for a Day event May 4, 2025, at the 132d Wing in Des Moines, Iowa. The goal of the event is to provide children who have serious or chronic conditions and their families with the opportunity to have a special day as an honorary pilot and a break from the challenges they face.......
Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Kelly | 132d Wing, Iowa Air National Guard | 05.04.2025
Col. Anthony Bradley, 132d Wing deputy commander, welcomes children and families to the unit during the Pilot for a Day event May 4, 2025, at the 132d Wing in Des Moines, Iowa. The goal of the event is to provide children who have serious or chronic conditions and their families with the opportunity to have a special day as an honorary pilot and a break from the challenges they face. (U.S. Air......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Reed | 173rd Fighter Wing | 10.11.2024
U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Bouma, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, presents Carsen Darnell, an 11-year-old local middle schooler who is currently battling spinal cancer, with his commander’s coin during the Pilot for a Day program at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, October 11, 2024. Coins are one of the many ways commanders can award members for their accomplishments. (U.S. Air National......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Reed | 173rd Fighter Wing | 10.11.2024
Carsen “Deadshot” Darnell, an 11-year-old local middle schooler who is currently battling spinal cancer, experienced virtual reality training at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, October 11, 2024. Virtual reality was just one of the many things Carsen experienced as part of the Pilot for a Day program hosted by the 173rd Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt.......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Reed | 173rd Fighter Wing | 10.11.2024
U.S. Air Force Maj. Edwin Kingman, 114th Fighter Squadron F-15C instructor pilot, gives Carsen Darnell a tour of the 173rd Fighter Wing operations building at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, October 11, 2024. Darnell is currently battling spinal cancer and had the opportunity to be a part of the Pilot for a Day program hosted by the 173rd Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Reed | 173rd Fighter Wing | 10.11.2024
Carsen “Deadshot” Darnell, an 11-year-old local middle schooler who is currently battling spinal cancer, stop to pose for a picture with U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Bouma, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, while he sat in the cockpit of the wing heritage jet, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, October 11, 2024. Darnell learned about all the various controls and switches it takes to be a......
