SAN ANTONIO – Air Force Capt. Roy Q. Rhinehart III graduated from Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The course is designed to provide training for Air Force and Navy student navigators.

CSO training combines portions of navigator and electronic warfare training to produce an aviator skilled in advanced navigation systems, electronic warfare, weapons employment, and use of advanced communications systems.

The new training gives aviators a cross-flow capability between the two positions on combat aircraft. The curriculum provides officership, academic, simulator, flight training and a wider range of topics with an increased emphasis on warfighting to help students develop leadership, decision-making and mission management skill.

Rhinehart is a combat systems operator with the 562nd Flying Training Squadron at Randolph Air Force Base, Universal City, Texas. He has served in the military for four years.

He is the son of Roy Rhinehart of Lucerne and Kyana N. Rhinehart-Brown of Shreveport, La.

The captain graduated in 2000 from Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, and earned a bachelor's degree in 2004 from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston.