Wichita Falls High School teacher Debbie Pepper, center, gets assistance with a G-suit from U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" aircrew flight equipment specialists Staff Sgts. Kyle Boddie and June Rice before her Hometown Hero flight with the famed aerobatic team at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 27, 2019. Pepper was named the Wichita Falls Independent School District Secondary Teacher of the Year for 2019 and selected to take a ride in a red, white and blue Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon as part of the Sheppard AFB 2019 Guardians of Freedom Open House and Air Show. (Courtesy photo)