General Kane speaks at SUPT Class 10-08 graduation Published May 6, 2010 By Senior Airman Jacob Corbin 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The Commander, Spaatz Center for Officer Education, and Commandant, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., spoke at the graduation of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 10-08, April 30 at the Kaye Auditorium. Maj. Gen. Robert Kane offered words of wisdom and advice to the assembled graduates and their guests at the graduation, almost 30 years after he himself graduated from pilot training here at Columbus Air Force Base. "This is going to be a great adventure," General Kane said to the graduates. "This is just the beginning; this is nowhere near the end. The Air Force is going to give you opportunities you cannot even imagine." General Kane said when he entered pilot training in 1980; his goal in life was to be an airline pilot, but that it didn't work out that way in the end. He said not everything works out as planned in life, but that they should embrace what happens. "Focus on becoming the most professional aviators you can be," General Kane said. "This is a huge deal, you are about to pin on your wings. You will forever be recognized as a part of the fraternity of the best pilots in the world, in the best Air Force in the world." The Spaatz Center directs, integrates, synchronizes and supports a continuum of officer professional education, research and outreach that produces leaders for joint and multinational environments. The Air War College is the Air Force's senior professional military education institution, providing post-graduate senior leader development programs focused on joint, multinational, multi-agency warfighting and international security operations, air, space and cyberspace force strategy development and national security planning.