T-43 Mission at Randolph AFB

Come fly with me! A rare opportunity to observe one of the last navigation training flights in the T-43A aircraft at Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX, before the jet is retired after 37 years of Air Force service.

We spent two hours flying over West Texas and a bit of New Mexico, with Lt Col Pete Deitschel, Commander of 562 Squadron, giving us an insight into the training and operations of this branch of the 12th Flying Training Wing.

More pictures can be viewed on my blog: http://futurshox.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-43-training-mission.html

Over ten thousand aviation pictures await you at my website: http://futurshox.net

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• airplanes
• aviation
• military
• T-43
• Randolph
• AFB
• navigation
• training
• futurshox
• aircraft

[techn0scho0lbus]

omg, lol the instructors still look like they have a stick up their butt ready to say bad things about the student briefs.

[missprecocious]

Pish posh, you can't see any returns with the T-43 radar! But you CAN see frustrated students trying to figure out the T-43 radar... Ha ha!

[F4crewchief]

Sigh...can't believe the T-43 is retiring! Seems like just yesterday when I arrived at Mather AFB, CA as a brand new 3-level crew chief. Learned a lot in my two years on the T-43. And didin't truly appreciate what "ease of maintenance" until my next assignment to an F-4 base... Worked with a great bunch of folks and have lots of wonderful memories; Goodbye, Gator!

[JurgenRadier]

Neat video Jo!

[bronco64]

Way to go Jo, very nice job. Bet that was fun.

~Bill~