In recent years there has been a push to recognize individuals under 40 years old for their contributions to the warbird community. The most prominent program is the Warbirds 20 under 40, which was originally developed by Mark Clark and Darcy Kapke of Courtesy Aircraft Sales and introduced at the 2019 National Warbird Operators Conference (NWOC). Naturally, getting the younger generations interested and involved in warbirds is the key to survival of the community and when they do, they deserve recognition. At AirVenture 2024, this program was re-introduced with twenty individuals being named and honored. However, there are many others out there that have worked hard to climb the warbird ladder and are primed to take the reigns as leaders in the warbird community and one such pilot is Johnny Mazza III, who is a third generation pilot and flies with the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) in Pungo, Virginia.