The Pic of the Day: F-16 Pilots in Training Before New Year’s

The Pic of the Day: F-16 Pilots in Training Before New Year’s

An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron (FS) taxis on the runway before flight during a training mission at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 28, 2022. The 36th FS regularly conducts training missions to increase readiness and to enable pilots to utilize strategies to increase their lethality in combat situations. […]

The Pic of the Day: How instructor pilots train

The Pic of the Day: How instructor pilots train

Instructor pilots from the 8th Flying Training Squadron practice formation flying July 24, 2020, in the sky over Oklahoma. Instructor pilots conduct continuation training regularly in order to keep their instructor rating.

The Centrifuge: What it’s like to for a fighter pilot to pull G’s

The Centrifuge: What it’s like to for a fighter pilot to pull G’s

Former F-16 fighter pilot Nate “Buster” Jaros takes us along for a ride in the Centrifuge and tells us what it is like to feel 9G’s crushing your body. You are basically put into a small coffin. It swings a little as you enter, reminiscent of how a gondola swings on its wire, or how […]

Air Force identifies Capt. John F. Graziano as pilot killed in Tuesday’s T-38 Talon crash

Update: Laughlin Air Force Base posted the following statement regarding the crash on it’s Facebook page late Wednesday night: The members involved in the T-38 Talon incident from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on Nov. 13, 2018, have been identified. The deceased, Capt. John F. Graziano, 28, was an instructor pilot with the 87th Flying […]

Pilot dies in the fifth Air Force T-38 trainer jet crash this year

Pilot dies in the fifth Air Force T-38 trainer jet crash this year

At approximately 7:40 p.m. local time on Tuesday, an Air Force T-38 Talon crashed near Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas. One crew member died in the crash and the other is currently hospitalized. The Air Force has yet to reveal the second crew member’s identity or condition. Details regarding this most recent […]