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Day: August 23, 2020

First USAF CV-22 pilot to clock over 3,000 hours on the tiltrotor

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Lt. Col. Luke Sustman, commander of the newly-activated 249th Special Operations Squadron, is the first U.S. Air Force pilot to clock more than 3,000 hours on the tiltrotor.

JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. — U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Sustman, a CV-22 pilot, is pictured before a CV-22 Osprey aircraft at the Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Fla. on Aug. 13, 2020. Sustman achieves a first in the Florida Air National Guard by reaching 3,000 flight hours in the CV-22 Osprey aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard by Airman 1st Class Jacob Hancock)

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