| | Del Rio News Herald (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training graduates in Class 05-13 will receive their silver wings the next morning, the last group of trainees in the “A” model of the “Talon.” And, with the Baker-Fuller flyover, the T-38A will retire from the Laughlin flight line and air space. |
 | | But nostalgia is hard to find among instructor pilots and leaders in the 87th Flying Training Squadron for a technologically bankrupt jet, with engine thrust eroded by the weight of 40 years of repairs to the sleek airframe. |
 | | He knows the upgrade of the T-38C engine was necessary, but the avionics, or instrumentation define today’s “Talon.” “Now we’re really flying a new airplane every day,” said Prakash. |
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