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  • Hector Aldrete, a 47th Maintenance Directorate T-1A Jayhawk aircraft mechanic, installs an aircraft panel at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, April 11, 2019. Since the hail storm of 2016, the 47th MXD has recently reached their milestone of having 28 available T-1A Jayhawks for pilot training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John A. Crawford)

    Come hail or high water

    In Feb. 2016, storms gathered over Val Verde County, Texas, bringing strong winds and hail, briefly stopping power in the city of Del Rio, Texas and leaving Laughlin’s aircraft between an icy rock and a cold, hard place.
  • Danny Morin, 47th Maintenance Directorate T-38 Division maintainer, works on a T-38C Talon in a hangar at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 22, 2016. As of Dec. 14, all 22 T-38s damaged in the February 2016 hail storm were repaired and fully mission capable. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Meares)

    Laughlin’s maintenance team adapts and overcomes

    Ten months after a hail storm tore through the base, the best of Laughlin’s damaged T-38C Talons are finally repaired and up in the air.
  • A storm containing 60 plus mph winds and golf ball sized hail hit Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 2016. With the storm came damaged facilities, housing units and personal property, to include hundreds of dented cars and homes. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Hannah I. Crump)

    Road to recovery: Laughlin Airmen continue to fix hail damage

    It’s been more than four months since 60 mph winds and golf-ball sized hail tore through Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.
  • A storm containing 60 plus mph winds and golf ball sized hail hit Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 2016. With the storm came damaged facilities, housing units and personal property, to include hundreds of dented cars and homes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ariel D. Partlow)

    Hail storm rips through Laughlin

    On the night of Feb. 22, 2016, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, and its surrounding community was hit by a storm carrying more than 60 mph winds and golf ball sized hail.
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