Youngstown boy becomes 910th's newest pilot

Col. Dan Sarachene, 910th Airlift Wing Commander, administers the commissioning oath to Second Lt. (honorary) Donovan Bellamy, who became the 910th’s 65th Pilot for a Day here, Aug. 7, 2017. Bellamy, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, was nominated for the program by his nursing staff and experienced a day of fun, interactive, military-themed activities including a taxi aboard a C-130H Hercules aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

Paul O’Brien, president of the Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council, presents a model C-130H Hercules aircraft to Second Lt. (honorary) Donovan Bellamy, who became the 910th’s 65th Pilot for a Day here, Aug. 7, 2017. Bellamy, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, was nominated for the program by his nursing staff and experienced a day of fun, interactive military-themed activities including a taxi aboard a C-130H Hercules aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

Second Lt. (honorary) Donovan Bellamy (right), who became the 910th’s 65th Pilot for a Day here, Aug. 7, 2017, practices radio calls with Second Lt. Greg Wlazlowski, a navigator with the 757th Airlift Squadron, aboard a C-130H Hercules aircraft. Bellamy, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, was nominated for the program by his nursing staff and experienced a day of fun, interactive military-themed activities including a taxi aboard a C-130H Hercules aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

2nd Lt. (honorary) Donovan Bellamy, who became the 910th’s 65th Pilot for a Day here, Aug. 7, 2017, taxis aboard a C-130H Hercules aircraft here. Bellamy, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, was nominated for the program by his nursing staff and experienced a day of fun, interactive military-themed activities including. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

Sailors from Navy Operations Support Center Youngstown salute during a piping aboard ceremony to welcome nine-year-old Donovan Bellamy, the 910th Airlift Wing’s 65th Pilot for a Day honoree, into their building. Bellamy, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, was nominated for the program by his nursing staff and commissioned as an honorary second lieutenant. He spent the day at Youngstown Air Reserve Station and experienced fun military-themed activities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

Tech. Sgt. John Hall, a fire team member with the 910th Security Forces Squadron here, writes a citation during a staged traffic stop with nine-year-old Donovan Bellamy assisting in the passenger seat, Aug. 7, 2017. Bellamy, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, was selected as the 910th's 65th Pilot for a Day and commissioned as an honorary second lieutenant. He spent the day at Youngstown Air Reserve Station and experienced fun military-themed activities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)