4,000 flying hour feat
Lt. Col. Jay Paulus, 301st Fighter Squadron commander, receives congratulations from Lt. Col. Jeffrey Lovelace, 63rd Fighter Squadron commander, and Lt. Col. John Wynne, 301st Fighter Squadron director of operations, after obtaining his 4,000th flying hour in the F-16 on Oct. 24. According to Lockheed-Martin statistics, Colonel Paulus is the 22nd Air Force F-16 pilot to achieve this status. Reserve instructor pilots in the 301st FS fly 56th Fighter Wing F-16s to train active-duty student pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Susan Stout)