DURANT, Oklahoma (KXII) - Southeastern Oklahoma State University unveiled a new building for its aerospace program Friday afternoon at the Durant Regional Airport, building on a legacy that dates back nearly six decades.

In 1966, Southeastern became just the second school in America to create a four-year degree program for pilots."Sixty-one years later, here we are building on that history," said Janeva Maxson, director of the Aerospace Sciences Institute at Southeastern.

"We have about 160 professional pilot students in the program, and we have about 200 aviation management students between here and our campus at Tinker Air Force Base."A hands-on learning environmentThe new terminal includes classrooms located directly along the runway, one-on-one briefing rooms for pilots and multiple flight simulators.