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4080th Strategic Wing

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE- The 4080th Strategic Wing, located at Laughlin AFB, was notified that it should prepare to move to Davis-Monthan AFB on or about July 1963. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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T-38

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T-38

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Firefighters Adapt to New T-38 Hardware

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – On March 11th, Mr. Thomas L. Stemphoski, a fire protection egress specialist with Northrop Grumman, briefs Laughlin firefighters on a new model of ejection seat being fitted into the T-38. The seats, derived from the model used in the Joint Strike Fighter, give pilots a better chance of surviving ejection without injury. Since the seats are powerful devices capable of firing a pilot three hundred feet into the air, firefighters train regularly to “safety” the aircraft, its fuel lines and its ejection seat to rescue pilots quickly and safely. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2d Lt Seth Pate)

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434th Mission Employment Exercise

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --A Laughlin maintainer, Mr. Keith Harrington, gives Lt. Col. Doug Downey, 434th FTS director of operations, and Capt. Allena Lewis the signal to start the engines prior to the beginning of an aggressor mission during the mission employment exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., early last December. Mission employment is the two-week long final exercise for the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis. (U.S. Air Force photo Capt. Patrick Giggy)

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T-38 IDEA Winners

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Three 87th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilots, Lieutenant Col. Jeffrey W. Davidson, Maj. Dean A. Stephens and Capt. Brian D. O’Neil, shared a $10,000 Innovative Development Through Employee Awareness award for their creation of a Break-in-Training syllabus here March 6th, 2002. Air Education and Training Command later implemented the program command-wide as the T-38 Graduate Aviation Program. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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MWS Day

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas –A KC- 135 and C-17 from Altus Air Force Base act as static displays on the flight line during Major Weapons Systems Day here Jan. 6. The MWS Day was held to provide Laughlin’s SUPT students an opportunity to look at and get a feel for some of the Air Force’s aircraft they may fly after graduating from Laughlin, such as a KC-135 Stratotanker, C-17 Globe Master III, B-1B Lancer and F-15E Strike Eagle. The MWS day also gave students an opportunity to attend briefings from aircrew to help them and their families obtain a better understanding of the operational Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sara Csurilla)

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MWS Day

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students explore a B-1B Lancer during Major Weapons Systems Day here Jan. 6. The MWS Day was held to provide Laughlin’s SUPT students an opportunity to look at and get a feel for some of the Air Force’s aircraft they may fly after graduating from Laughlin, such as a KC-135 Stratotanker, C-17 Globe Master III, B-1B Lancer and F-15E Strike Eagle. The MWS day also gave students an opportunity to attend briefings from aircrew to help them and their families obtain a better understanding of the operational Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sara Csurilla)

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MWS Day

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students and their families admire and learn about the F-15E “Strike Eagle”, during Major Weapons Systems Day here Jan. 6. The MWS Day was held to provide Laughlin’s SUPT students an opportunity to look at and get a feel for some of the Air Force’s aircraft they may fly after graduating from Laughlin, such as a KC-135 Stratotanker, C-17 Globe Master III, B-1B Lancer and F-15E Strike Eagle. The MWS day also gave students an opportunity to attend briefings from aircrew to help them and their families obtain a better understanding of the operational Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sara Csurilla)

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B-26 Marauder

B-26 Marauder (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Veterans Day ceremony

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Several local veterans listen to a few words from Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Heinzen, 47th Flying Training Wing command chief, during the annual Veteran’s Day ceremony in Del Rio November 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sara Csurilla)

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Disimilar formation

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- A T-38 Talon trainer aircraft deployed from the 434th Fighter Training Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, flies alongside a German Tornado assigned to the German air force Fighter Weapons School in late June 2008. The trip was the first deployment for the 434th FTS, which activated at Laughlin in July 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Patrick Giggy)

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German Tornado squares off against Laughlin T-38s for first time in base history

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- A German air force Tornado fighter jet flies next to a Laughlin T-38 Talon from the 434th Fighter Training Squadron during a recent training mission here. The German aircrew participated in the first-ever training program with instructor pilots from the 434th FTS that included mock dogfights. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Patrick Giggy)

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German Tornado squares off against Laughlin T-38s for first time in base history

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – A German Tornado aircraft sits on the flightline here next to a pair of T-38s from the 434th Fighter Training Squadron Feb. 19. The German aircrew who brought the plane to Laughlin participated in the first-ever training program with instructor pilots from the 434th Fighter Training Squadron that included mock dogfights. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Chris Cochran)

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USAF Thunderbirds

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Laughlin's top achievers fly high

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airman Lindy Leggett, 47th Aero medical Dental Squadron, is instructed on the details of the Stearman Biplane by Matt Losaker, Red Baron Squadron Aerial Demonstration team, before experiencing her first ride with the Red Baron Pizza Squadron October 22. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Sara Csurilla)

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