Maj. Brian Low, Air Officer Commanding, poses for a photo with his cadets as part of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Recognition in Colorado, March 2017. Recognition is the formal three-day finale of the fourth-class year (the freshman year at traditional universities) when the cadets are recognized as upper-class cadets and are allowed to wear the Prop and Wings insignia on their flight caps. During his time as an AOC, Low was responsible for 115 cadets and their military training to prepare them to be officers.