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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Tyndall Air Force Base gets T-38 Talon jets as practice foes for F-22 pilots

T-38 TalonTyndall Air Force Base received two T-38 Talon jets last week that will serve as simulated enemy aircraft for F-22 Raptor pilots.

Tyndall, east of Panama City, is home of the 325th Fighter Wing which provides training for pilots of the F-22 Raptor, the country’s premier air superiority fighter.

The T-38 is a training aircraft is usually used by aspiring fighter pilots, but it’s no duck (fighter pilot slang for a slow-moving, easy-to-shoot-down aircraft).

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