Sullenberger honored at Air Force Academy

The pilot who landed the passenger jet on the Hudson River in January was honored at the Air Force Academy this week. 

Capt. Chesley Sullenberger III received the Col. James Jabara Award for Airmanship. 

Sullenberger graduated from the Academy in 1973, with the school's current superintendent Lt. Gen. John Regni.

Gen. Stephen Lorenz also graduated that year. Lorenz and Regni were roommates at the Academy and both were commanders of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base. 

Sullenberger studied psychology and was a glider pilot instructor while at the Academy. He served in the Air Force until becoming a commercial pilot in 1980.