The first Undergraduate Pilot Training Class
71-01, "First of the Finest," started July 17, 1969, on Columbus Air
Force Base, Mississippi and 50 years later pilot training continues
as Specialized UPT.
One of the students from the class 71-01
returned to Columbus AFB, continuing his aviation journey as a 14th
Operations Group simulator instructor for students in Phase III.
U.S. Air Force video by Senior
Airman Keith Holcomb July 2019
