<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello MN wing pilots,<div><br></div><div>Hard to believe we are already on the back side of July, and for that matter the back side of summer!</div><div>We have been doing a great job of getting out and flying our planes this year. A recap of where we are at so far this fiscal year:</div><div>                                                              2022                  2023</div><div>Total flight hours                                     1944                 2431</div><div>Orientation flights                                     355                   653</div><div>Proficiency flights                                       33                   177</div><div>If you haven't done your 4th quarter proficiency flight yet, try to get that done soon. September and the end of the fiscal year will come up quickly and we want to show the Air Force that we will use proficiency flight funding to maintain good expertness in our flying skills.</div><div>There is also plenty of funding remaining in this year's flight clinic, so if you have a form 5 coming up, its a great way to get a warmup flight to brush up on any maneuvers you need to work on before taking your check ride.</div><div><br></div><div>Some other good news for the wing, the glider that was previously in Iowa wing has been permanently transferred to MN wing. So our glider program will continue for the remainder of the glider flying season. The glider crew has been doing an outstanding job getting flights done with the glider, so if your squadron hasn't had enough opportunity to fly in the glider, contact Tom Fitzhenry or Carl Halum to get on the schedule.</div><div><br></div><div>New instructors in June</div><div>Kimberly Johnson      MN030</div><div>Sanghyun Han           MN048</div><div>Michael Shores          MN048</div><div>Welcome aboard and thank you for your help.</div><div><br></div><div>I have attached this month's NHQ stan/eval newsletter.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care, Fly safe,</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lkbadqmy0" alt="image.png" width="177" height="42" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Capt. Greg Bestul, CAP<span></span></span></b></p>

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