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Vance , liaison officer. The cadets are briefed by Rogers and Joy, both with their own views that set the tone for what the cadets would later face in training: Rogers has an optimistic view of the cadets, wanting the cadets to prove the naysayers wrong and letting them know how much of an honor it would be for the cadets to pass the training and earn their wings as aviators.

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Major Joy, however, reflects the views of most of white America at the time, belittling the cadets and questioning whether they are up to the task. Afterward, Lt. Glenn tells the cadets that he hoped they took note of the differing views of the two different officers. Later that evening, the cadets are chatting among themselves, and begin to introduce themselves and what their college majors were e.

It is during this time where Walter Peoples "guarantees" that no one's name would be called above his on graduation day. While the cadets begin their classes, Major Joy begins his ploy to discredit the cadets. During a classroom session, Joy has them retake the same flight exam they had to take to get into the program. Later, he takes Peoples on a flight after it is revealed that Peoples has a commercial pilot license.

Joy takes the training aircraft, a PT , through tricky and dangerous moves to try and break People's will, but the tactic doesn't work-which seems to frustrate Joy even more. Afterwards, Major Joy explains to Colonel Rogers why he decided to give the retest and Joy's beliefs that some if not all of the cadets may have cheated to get in the program.

Rogers informs Joy that no one scored less than a 95 on the retest, and scorns Joy about his tactics. After a briefing with the cadets, Major Joy sends each cadet up on flights in their PT training aircraft with an instructor pilot.

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It ends tragically for cadet Johns Pheifer , as he struggles to get his aircraft out of a stall. The instructor also tries to regain control but it is too late, as the plane crashes into a building, exploding on impact and killing both Johns and his instructor. Afterwards, cadet Leroy Cappy Malcolm-Jamal Warner begins to let self-doubt creep in after seeing Johns' deadly crash and watching others leave the program.