Conter went on to survive two shoot downs as a pilot during World War II and was later a pioneer of the Navy's SERE program.
Staff Sgt. Kory Wade, 33, was assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
The F-16 fundamentals training course is expected to last several months, an Air Force spokesperson said.
One of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died.
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