Wings of Blue wins 1st national title

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  • By Leslie Finstein
  • U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) --  The Wings of Blue Air Force Parachute Team soared to victory Sept. 11 through 12 at the U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships in Ottawa, Ill.

Wings of Blue fielded two teams: Air Force Impulse and Air Force Eminence. Impulse took first place and Eminence took third in the four-way formation skydiving intermediate competition.

This is the first victory for Wings of Blue at a USPA competition, said Lt. Col. Mike Love, the commander of the 98th Flying Training Squadron.

Team Air Force Impulse dominated the 10 rounds of jumps with a final score of 146, finishing 20 points ahead of the second-place team Spaceland Mamba. Team Air Force Eminence was close behind, only three points out of second place.

The members of Team Air Force Impulse were:
Cadet 1st Class Alex Meyer, Cadet Squadron 03
Cadet 1st Class Kyle Yohe, Cadet Squadron 02
Cadet 1st Class Eric Wallace, Cadet Squadron 14
Cadet 1st Class Josh LeMair, Cadet Squadron 02

The members of Team Air Force Eminence were:
Cadet 1st Class Nolan Sweeney, Cadet Squadron 15
Cadet 1st Class Zoe Kotnik, Cadet Squadron 22
Cadet 1st Class Mike Walker, Cadet Squadron 25
Cadet 1st Class Kyle Tomaszewski, Cadet Squadron 40