End of an Era: 173rd Fighter Wing Trains the Last F-15 Eagle Instructor Pilots
January 24, 2024
January 24, 2024
KINGSLEY FIELD, Oregon, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news:
By Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson, 173rd Fighter Wing
The journey begins at Undergraduate Pilot Training or maybe long, long before, but for this account an Air Force pilot starts the road to the cockpit at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas, in the T-6 Texan, a 1,200 horsepower propeller-driven trainer. From there, they have to find their way in a T-38 supe . . .
By Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson, 173rd Fighter Wing
The journey begins at Undergraduate Pilot Training or maybe long, long before, but for this account an Air Force pilot starts the road to the cockpit at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas, in the T-6 Texan, a 1,200 horsepower propeller-driven trainer. From there, they have to find their way in a T-38 supe . . .