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LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – A T-6A Texan II prepares for takeoff here Nov. 21. The T-6 aircraft is a single-engine, two-seat primary training aircraft designed to train student pilots. Laughlin graduates about 400 pilots annually. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)


Time for take off

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – A T-6A Texan II prepares for takeoff here Nov. 21. The T-6 aircraft is a single-engine, two-seat primary training aircraft designed to train student pilots. Laughlin graduates about 400 pilots annually. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

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Parts from the T-6A Texan II gust lock mechanism lay on a table at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, June 14, 2016. The gust lock mechanism can be engaged to lock the rudders and ailerons in place to prevent directional movement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jimmie D. Pike)
Part of the T-6A Texan II gust lock mechanism is housed behind all of the aircrafts gauges and instruments, requiring multiple parts to be displaced before beginning the gust lock removal process. Each aircraft is estimated to take three to four days to complete the project. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jimmie D. Pike)
T-1A Jayhawks from throughout the Air Education and Training Command sit on the flight line of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, March 15, 2016. Training bases - including Vance AFB, Okla., Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph AFB, Texas and Columbus AFB, Miss. – loaned some of their aircraft to help continue student pilot training after a devastating hail storm damaged Laughlin’s aircraft. The support received helps Laughlin complete its primary mission: to graduate the world’s best military pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ariel D. Partlow)
Laughlin Air Force Base student pilot graduates, Class 15-08, and their families tour two F-35 Lightning II jets on May 1, 2015. Luke currently has 22 of the scheduled 144 F-35’s on the flightline with 20 U.S. jets and two from the Royal Australian Air Force. A total of 11 countries will send representatives to Luke Air Force Base’s F-35 program, and in June, Luke will stand up the 62nd Fighter Squadron to begin flying in September. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)
An instructor pilot with the 96th Flying Training Squadron, left, speaks with a student pilot about the F-35 Lightning II at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, May 1, 2015. As team XL seeks to graduate the world’s best pilots, this experience provided the next-generation of warfighter’s an opportunity to view the aircraft up-close and personal, receive briefings from the pilots and maintenance professionals and learn about its important role in the Air Force mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)
Staff Sgt. Robert James Jr., 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit dedicated crew chief, provides insight on the F-35 Lightning II at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, May 1, 2015. James is one of more than 1,000 specially trained F-35 maintainers trained with simulators like the weapons loading trainer at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Integrated Training Center. The simulators provide realistic maintenance training without taking the aircraft off the flight line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)
Maj. William Andreotta, 56th Training Squadron assistant director of operations, talks with Airmen at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, May 1, 2015. Luke’s critical role in the F-35 Lightning II mission is focused on training and producing U.S. and international pilots for the U.S. Air Force’s initial operational capability in August of 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)
Danny Williams, 47th Student Squadron Simulator instructor, captures images of the F-35 Lightning II sits at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, May 1, 2015. The two F-35’s are based out of the 61st Fighter Squadron, nicknamed “Top Dogs”, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)
Lt. Col. Bryan Nalley, 96th Flying Training Squadron director of operations, passes under a water arch on his final flight in the T-6 Texan II on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, March 6, 2015. Military aviators have a tradition where aircrew members, upon completion of their final flight, or
A T-37B Tweet served as the focal point for a two day major accident response exercise on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 20, 2014. No matter how old or damaged equipment seems, for an emergency response system to be effective, personnel, plans, procedures, facilities, and equipment must be exercised and tested on a regular basis with mediums much like the wreckage of a T-37. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Steven R. Doty)(Released)
This Douglas A-1E was severely damaged in combat in South Vietnam. It is the aircraft that was flown by Maj. Bernard Fisher on March 10, 1966, when he rescued a fellow pilot shot down over South Vietnam, an act for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. The A-1E flown by Fisher on his mission was restored and is on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force Photo)(Released)