 My name is Lieutenant Kirkland and I'm a first assignment instructor pilot here at the 33rd Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base. One of my favorite parts about being an instructor is taking a student out on their formation solo, getting to watch the student apply what we've taught them over the last couple months and enjoy it is the most rewarding thing I can imagine. And it's also one of my favorite things I experienced as a student and so now being on the instructor side and getting to watch a student experience one of my favorite flights that I had is incredibly rewarding. As an instructor pilot I get to see the students go from knowing little to nothing about aviation all the way to being winged aviators now. It was the awesome instructors that I had as a student that made faping a very exciting opportunity that I've enjoyed thoroughly so far. What I would tell someone who is thinking about coming to Vance and being an instructor pilot is that it is difficult, it is challenging, the days can be long, but when you see the students finally the light bulb turns on in their head or they finally get the landing I couldn't imagine doing anything else.