Andrew Pendley and his two children watch as his wife, Tracey Pendley, an Atlanta Public Schools fourth grade teacher, flies with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds 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)