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Old 10-18-2010 | 07:27 PM
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Nortonious
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Article is from last year, but the trend is fairly accurate from what I have seen.

USAF Fighter Pilot Production

At a South Texas USAF Pilot Training Base, the past 6-9 months were thin on fighters for SUPT grads. Some combined classes (T-38 and T-1 combined) had only one fighter and two UAV's (or RPA's or whatever we're calling them now).

Things have gotten a little better with the past couple of classes. Last T-38 class of 4 students got 3 fighters and a FAIP. Their T-1 compadres had 2 RPA's.

The times they are a changin....
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