On 30 March 2007, the very last MH-53J PAVE LOW class, 06-10 graduated

Class 06-10:
1Lt Will Thompson - Last PAVE LOW Pilot (#453)
SSgt Chris Curtis
SSgt Pete Cunningham
A1C Evan Pinkerton (The last student checkride)
A1C Christopher Kennedy

Notes:

Class 06-10 was an expanded class, which included four flight engineer students (vice two) and one pilot. Cunningham and Curtis were added to the class just before the start date via an AFSOC waiver request for the overage, they were going to be re-directed to another airframe.
Also pictured is TSgt Terry Hobbs (2nd from right) from a previous class. Due to unexpected delays, he also graduated on this day.

15 Mar 07
Maj. Churchill administered the last pilot evaluation to 1Lt William Thompson on .
It was completed in aircraft 68-10363.
1Lt Thompson is the last qualified PAVE LOW Pilot (#453)

The entire class graduated 2 1/2 months ahead of normal PFT courseflow.
They did an astounding job as they worked on Saturdays and spent 8 hours at a time in the simulator accelerating to meet the 30 March training deadline.

The last training flight occurred on 28 March 2007 on aircraft 66-104429 with an evaluation given to A1C Pinkerton.

The Instructor/Evaluator crew consisted of:

Maj Steve Cherrington (AC)
Maj Kevin Churchill (MP)
TSgt Mark Mapel (IF)
MSgt George Levkulich (EF)
TSgt Jay Schneider (MG)
TSgt Clint Grizzell (MG)

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