Tag Archives: UPT Student Training

My Trip to Denmark – 41 Years Later…

Posted on 21/06/2012 by Bobo

Our UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) Class, 71-07G, graduated at Randolph Field, TX on 24 April 1971.  One of our classmates, Chris Knudsen, was from Denmark.  At the graduation reception Chris invited me to come and visit Denmark.  I knew I … Continue reading →

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“Persons to Be Decorated…”

Posted on 12/06/2012 by Bobo

We were flying our asses off in the summer of ’76, and it was hot at Vance AFB, OK that year.  But it was fun!  Little did we know how much fun it really was… One day General John Roberts, … Continue reading →

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“LA Center, this is Austin P. Decker, III, on Guard!”

Posted on 08/04/2012 by Bobo

I don’t know when I first heard the story of ‘Austin P. Decker, III;’ maybe in the fall of 1970 just after night flying in Tweets (T-37s)?  That’s when stories like this were told.  They are funny in and of … Continue reading →

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Observation: Pilot Training

Posted on 26/01/2012 by Bobo

The only difference between a UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) student, and a North Vietnamese gunner is – on graduation day, the student ‘thinks’ he likes you….

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“He wants to talk to any student…”

Posted on 09/11/2011 by Bobo

One morning the phone rang in the flight room.  2nd Lt. ‘W.W. Fog,’ so named because he was “woxof” most the time, cupped the receiver after answering and announced, “This guy wants to talk to any student.”    What do … Continue reading →

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