An Airman puts a patch on the flight suit of Tracey Pendley, an Atlanta Public Schools fourth grade teacher, at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. on Oct. 11, 2019. In addition to being named Georgia’s Teacher of the Year, Tracey was also nominated as a Hometown Hero, a program which allows exceptional community members to be nominated for a familiarization flight in a Thunderbirds jet, an F-16 Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kendra A. Ransum)