The 'ENJJPT Star' is awarded to RNlAF F-16 pilot, Col. Peter 'Wobble' Tankink at Sheppard AFB. This is the third honor for a Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program graduate in the program's 30 year history. The award recognizes extraordinary aviation moments. For Tankink, it was his first shoot-first kill downing of a MiG-29 during Operation Allied Forces Kosovo in 1999. He shared the experience with a standing-room-only crowd of undergraduate pilots and instructors on September 15th, 2014. [USAF photo by A1C. Jelani Gibson]
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News: ENJJPT Star Awarded to Dutch Pilot [2014-09-17]
The ENJJPT Star program is designed to recognize extraordinary aviation moments by pilots who have graduated from the ENJJPT program. Each commander of the 13-partner countries has the opportunity to nominate someone for a star. This year, the honor was conferred upon a pilot from the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Colonel Peter Tankink.
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