Air Force Capt. Eric Hickernell, 303rd Fighter Squadron pilot, explains the instrumental systems in an A-10 Thunderbolt II cockpit to Britton Whiteside, honorary "pilot of the day," at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., November 3, 2016. Britton was guided up the boarding ladder where he noticed his name on the side of the aircraft placed there by the 442nd Maintenance Squadron.

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