Air Force 2nd Lt. Chris J. Huckins, a graduate of Kentlake High, has earned silver pilot’s wings after completing the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training Program at Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Okla.

Huckins completed 190 flying hours in either the T-37, T-38, or T-1A aircraft, 62 flight simulator hours, 342 academic hours, 105 officer training hours, and weather training for flight plans, and the fundamentals of aircraft handling, instrumentation, formation, and night flying.

At the end of the training, he received an aeronautical rating of pilot in the Air Force, competent and qualified to perform the duties and responsibilities thereof.

Huckins is an instructor pilot with two years of military service. He is the son of Lori Huckins of Covington. His wife, Helen, is the daughter of Mark Franklin of Kent.

He graduated in 2003 from Kentlake and received a bachelor’s degree in 2007 from the U.S. Air Force Academy.