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To: LasVegasMac

F-5, The White Rocket. (well the Nellis ones were camo, but I digress) Barron Flight IIRC.

I worked the EW ranges for years. It was fun to 'shoot down" hotshot pilots. FWIW, we lost some aircrews, the training was at that time, so intense and realistic.

We took our motto from the 64th - YGBSM!


12 posted on 08/24/2006 8:13:09 PM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: ASOC
F-5, The White Rocket. (well the Nellis ones were camo, but I digress) Barron Flight IIRC.

F-5's were not white. T-38s were and mostly are white. Same basic bird, but the F-5 was a real fighter, with 20 mm revolver style cannon. Not much used in USAF service, except the aggressors, but it was the F-16 of it's day in terms of export sales. Most were painted the same as any other USAF fighter of the day, although the aggressor bird were painted like Soviet fighters, right down to the numbers on the fuselage.

There is also the AT-38, which is a T-38 with a HUD and able to mount a gun pod, or other equipment to allow lead in to fighter training. Cheaper to operate than front line fighter, and it frees them up for killing Jihadies, or whoever else needs killing. We have lots, because not all USAF pilots ever get to fly the T-38 in undergraduate pilot training. The Tanker/Transport/Bomber bound folks use the T-1A Jayhawk(modified Beech 400A), while the fighter (and IIRC B-1) bound folks still go through the T-38. All fly the T-6 Texan (or T-37 Tweet, I think if they aren't all retired by now)

All USAF T-38As and AT-38Bs are being converted to T-38C standard, with modern avionics, GPS, HUD, etc.

14 posted on 08/24/2006 9:31:40 PM PDT by El Gato
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