Capt. Christin Mastracchio and 1st Lt. Richard Pope, 11th Bomb Squadron Formal Training Unit Class 12-02 students, go over their pre-flight checklist before taking off on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., July 11. The students are supervised by FTU instructors as they perform their flight mission. A student’s week consists of flight planning, simulator training and more than five hours of actual flying.

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Capt. Christin Mastracchio and 1st Lt. Richard Pope, 11th Bomb Squadron Formal Training Unit Class 12-02 students, go over their pre-flight checklist before taking off on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., July 11. The students are supervised by FTU instructors as they perform their flight mission. A student’s week consists of flight planning, simulator training and more than five hours of actual flying.

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