Lt. Col. Joel Deboer, left, the 560th Flying Training Squadron commander, and former Capt. Paul Granger, a B-52 Stratofortress pilot who flew during the Vietnam War, taxi out to the runway during “Freedom Flight 196 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas March 3, 2016. The Freedom Flyer program began in 1973 when the 560 FTS began retraining former prisoners of war to fly again in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joel Martinez)