Air Force 2nd Lt. Miss. The pilots earned silver wings and received an aeronautical rating of pilot in the Air Force. Followed by phase two primary training conducted in T-37 Tweet aircraft to learn flight characteristics, emergency procedures, takeoff and landing procedures, aerobatics, and formation flying.
Students also practice night, instrument and cross-country navigation.
Each training phase includes extensive hours of ground events, flight simulator, flying, and flight related instruction. Additional instruction is received on flight formation, navigation, low-level navigation flying, visual and instrument transition, radar cell formation, and simulated refueling and airdrop missions. Fairey is the son of J.B. and Barbara Fairey of Vernal. He is a 1999 graduate of Utah State University, Logan.