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Burggraf becomes 63rd Pilot for a Day

Col. Donald Wren, 910th Mission Support Group Commander, administers the commissioning oath to 14-year-old Corbin Burggraf, the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day honoree, making him an honorary 2nd Lt. here, June 29. Burggraf, who received treatment at Akron Children’s Hospital for leukemia, experienced a day of fun military themed activities here. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White

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Burggraf becomes 63rd Pilot for a Day

U.S. Navy Lt. Benjamin Sacramento, commanding officer of the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Youngstown, salutes while leading U.S. Air Force Reserve honorary 2nd Lt. Corbin Burggraf, the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day, in a piping aboard ceremony. Burggraf’s father George watches from the entryway. For Burggraf’s piping aboard, a member of the Navy staff rang a large bell twice, and another member sounded the pipe. The ceremony comes from a Navy tradition of sounding a bell or pipe to announce the boarding of an officer or dignitary. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

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Burggraf becomes 63rd Pilot for a Day

Honorary 2nd Lt. Corbin Burggraf, the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day, checks out the cabin of a fire crash and rescue truck before riding in the truck and operating its water turret here, June 29. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

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Burggraf becomes 63rd Pilot for a Day

Honorary 2nd Lt. Corbin Burggraf (second from left), the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day, and his dad George pose for a photo with aircrew members by the crew door of a C-130H Hercules aircraft here, June 29. Corbin and George were taken on a runway taxi as part of the Pilot for a Day program by aircrew members (from left to right) pilots Maj. Ryan Grey and Lt. Devin Keigley, and loadmasters Master Sgt. Lafayette Smith and Master Sgt. Vincent Bartlomain, all from the 757th Airlift Squadron here. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

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Burggraf becomes 63rd Pilot for a Day

Lt. Devin Keigley, a pilot with the 757th Airlift Squadron here, explains the controls of a C-130H Hercules aircraft to honorary 2nd Lt. Corbin Burggraf, the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day, and Corbin’s father George here, June 29. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. Keigley was Burggraf’s pilot escort for his day at YARS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

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Burggraf becomes 63rd Pilot for a Day

George Burggraf (right), father of Corbin Burggraf (left), the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day honoree, tries on a parachute while Tech. Sgt. Charles Runnion (center), an aircrew flight equipment craftsman with the aircrew flight equipment shop here explains how it works, June 29. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

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Burggraf becomes 63rd Pilot for a Day

George Burggraf (right), father of Corbin Burggraf (center), and Teresa Ruozza from Akron Children’s Hospital’s Center of Blood and Cancer, place rank insignias on Corbin’s shoulders after he was commissioned as an honorary 2nd Lt. by 910th Mission Support Group commander Col. Donald Wren here, June 29. Corbin was selected as the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day honoree and experienced a day of military themed events at YARS. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White)

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Leukemia conqueror honored as 63rd Pilot for a Day

Published June 30, 2016
By Eric White
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- Col. Donald Wren, 910th Mission Support Group Commander, administers the commissioning oath to 14-year-old Corbin Burggraf, the 910th Airlift Wing’s 63rd Pilot for a Day honoree, making him an honorary 2nd Lt. here, June 29. Burggraf, who received treatment at Akron Children’s Hospital for leukemia, experienced a day of fun military themed activities here. The Pilot for a Day program welcomes children with life threatening or chronic illnesses to Youngstown Air Reserve Station for a day of fun military experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric White