Lt. Travis B. Wilkie Death | Obituary
23-year-old Travis B. Wilkie, a student pilot assigned to the 71st Student Squadron was killed on November 21, 2019 along side Lt. Col. John Matt Kincade, a 47-year-old instructor pilot assigned to the 5th Flying Training Squadron.
They were both killed during a T-38C Talon training mission, according to a release form Vance.
A 2018 graduate of the Air Force Academy, Wilkie played catcher on the academy’s baseball team for three seasons, 2015-16 and 2018, and was a three-time Academic All-Mountain West Team selection.
“There are no words that can ease the pain of such a loss,” said Air Force baseball head coach Mike Kazlausky said in a news release that appeared on the academy’s web site. “Travis’s energy, cheerfulness and genuineness made him the friend everyone loved, the teammate everyone leaned on, and the man that everyone admired.