August 14, 2020

Academy supt caps off 35-year AF career with ‘final flight’

Story by Ray Bowden, photos by Trevor Cokley, Aug. 14, 2020 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria took his final flight as an Air Force pilot here Aug. 14. A final flight is a tradition for superintendents who leave the Air Force Academy for another assignment or retire from the Air Force. Silveria was the passenger in TG-15 sailplane glider flown by Cadet 1st Class Robert O’Connor. The flight began just after 9 a.m. and landed just before 10 a.m. to the cheers of a flight crew with the 94th Flying Training Squadron. “I took my first...

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