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Student pilot is thrown into a solo tank after pilot’s first solo flight.


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2nd Lt. Corey Persons, 71st Student Squadron student pilot, is thrown into a solo tank by 71st student pilots, 2nd Lt. Graham McAninich and 2nd Lt. Kyle Blanchette, July 15, 2019, at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. It is Air Force tradition to be thrown into the solo tank upon completion of a student pilot’s first solo flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Crul)

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