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Second generation Air Force pilot flies with his father’s squadron

U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. David Efferson (left), commander of the 457th Fighter Squadron at Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, and Lt. Col. Bryan Bailey (right), 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., prepare for a flight in an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Oct. 23, 2015. The members of his father’s squadron, the 457th “Spads,” honored Bailey, who followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming an Air Force pilot, with a surprise incentive ride. Bailey’s father, Maj. John Bailey died in an F-4 aircraft crash near Carswell AFB, Texas, in 1987. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Laura Siebert/Released)

PHOTO BY: Master Sgt. Laura Siebert
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