Eleven students who recently completed the Cochise College avionics program celebrated with family and friends at the Sierra Vista Campus yesterday. The one-year program prepares students to work as avionics technicians in a variety of industries, including with UAVs, for major airlines, and with private aviation companies.
Front row, left to right, Avionics Instructor Russ O’Brien, Kenneth Davis, Kevin Bumatay; second row, left to right, James Barba and Matthew Hampton; third row, left to right, Justin Hamilton, Jason Brumfield, Charles Jaeger; fourth row, left to right, Kenneth Carroll, Dustin Carter; and back row, left to right, Avionics Department Chair Paul Hollinshead, Daniel Gibbs, and Zachary Taylor.