Another T38 down at DLF

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11-13-2018 | 09:26 PM

BeatNavy

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Another T38 down at DLF

Yet Another USAF T-38 Talon Trainer Has Crashed, The Fifth In 12 Months - The Drive

Laughlin FB page says one dead, one in the hospital.

Nickel on the grass. 🍺

11-14-2018 | 03:27 AM

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Fair winds and following seas Airman.

11-14-2018 | 09:14 AM

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A nickel on the grass...

11-14-2018 | 10:34 AM

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I was the T-38 SME at the AF Safety Center for a bunch of years...when the T-38 was first introduced the AF estimated a loss rate of 12 per year. Obviously we have done much better than that over the last almost 60 years...but every loss still hurts. RIP Airman....

11-14-2018 | 11:08 AM

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It would actually be interesting to see the number of pilots who train in the T-38 pr year now vs then. In the 70s we had over double the amount of UPT bases as we do now and everyone went T-38s. Now we have 4 UPT bases and with the exception of Sheppard, only a very small fraction of the class goes 38s. I'm guessing our percentages aren't that great right now.

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11-14-2018 | 12:24 PM

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I remember a welcoming talk at Webb AFB in 1971: “Would you like to fly the airplane that set a world time-to-climb record? It’s out there on the ramp.”